05/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, opened its own “liaison office” on Monday 5 February with the European Union in Brussels. With a staff of nine, the office is above all an “early warning system” (Frühwarnsystem) intended to inform German parliamentarians of the legislative initiatives being prepared within the Community institutions. European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering considers the opening of this office bears...