Brussels, 22/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - At an initiative by Mariann Fischer Boel (Agriculture), the European Commission adopted on 21 December a communication in which it calls on Member States to make better use of Community rural development funds in order to create more employment in the rural areas of the EU. “Europe's rural areas must exploit their potential or risk falling behind urban areas in meeting Lisbon employment targets”, the Commission states in a press release. Almost...