Brussels, 07/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the end of a “very tough” debate, Jeannot Krecké, president of the Competitiveness Council, told the press that the economy ministers of the EU had adopted their draft contribution to the European Council of 22-23 March on the mid term review of the Lisbon Strategy (EUROPE 5 March, p 5). Krecké acknowledged that they had diverging views but that they had agreed on a final text proposed by the Luxembourg presidency. As well as the question on...