Brussels, 07/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Extraordinary Bureau Meeting in Birmingham on 2 September, attended by EU Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hubner, the CoR adopted a statement on Cohesion Policy and the role of regional and local authorities in the national framework plans for the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy. Both the Commissioner and the Bureau urged the British Presidency of the EU and Member States to reach a deal on the future...