Brussels, 22/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 22 February, the European Commission examined the stability programmes of seven euro-zone countries - France, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal Spain and Italy - as well as convergence programmes from three countries belonging to the European Exchange Rate mechanism (ERM II) - Cyprus, Lithuania and Malta - and the United Kingdom's. After the third series of assessments, more mixed than those of January and early February, Joaquin Almunia...