Brussels, 30/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - As expected, finance ministers followed the recommendation of the Commission calling for the closure of the excessive debt procedure against France begun in 2003 (see EUROPE 9317). This decision (while awaiting the one on Germany) brings to an end a long and chaotic procedure that has been marked by legal wrangling between the Commission and the Council over the rules of the Treaty (see EUROPE 8747) which led to the reform of the Stability and Growth...