Brussels, 11/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - “You already won me over when, at the Berlin conference in November 2004, you emphasised the importance of the cultural dimension for the EU”: it was in these terms that Anne-Marie Sigmund welcomed Commission President José Manuel Barroso to the stage at the plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to present the Commission's programme for 2005-2009 (see EUROPE of 2 December, p.17). Nonetheless, the President of the EESC...