Brussels, 22/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - Apart from adopting the conclusions on the European linguistic competence indicator (see related article), on 18 May EU Education Ministers had an exchange of views on the 2007-2013 integrated programme on “Life-long Education and Training”. Austrian Minister Elisabeth Gehrer, chairing the discussion, was pleased that the 4 April institutional agreement had allowed the budget for this integrated programme to be increased to 6.97 billion euro for the...