Brussels, 24/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - For nearly a year, France has been working among its European partners and the Commission to promote the participation of SMEs in the public procurement of the Union (EUROPE 9245 and 9292): Paris takes the view that the current renegotiation of the WTO government procurement agreement (GPA) offers a window of opportunity to bring back a level playing field, for the benefit of European SMEs, which has been lost, French Trade Minister Christine Lagarde...