Brussels, 12/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a press release of 11 January, the Belgian Liberal Johan Van Hecke (VLD) said that he is "convinced that the textiles sector remains an important element of European industry, with a turnover of almost 200 billion EUR and production involving almost 177,000 companies employing 2.7 million people". He feels that "urgent action for European textiles is necessary to face pressure from other producing countries such as China, India and Pakistan, which...