23/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Council of European Municipalities and Regions has published three studies (www.ccre-cemr.org): 1) Controlling, Cajoling or Co-operating -Central Governments' Policy Approaches towards Local Government on the issues of Performance and Cost-effectiveness: this study focuses on the situation in European countries and examines how far central government supervises, inspects and controls local and regional authorities in relation to issues such as...