Brussels, 27/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, EU27 finance ministers adopted two texts on the Lisbon strategy, as well as conclusions on reducing administrative charges (EUROPE 9374). There was no difficulty when it came to ratifying the updating of the integrated guidelines for employment and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (BEPG) for 2007. The issue of taxation in the “key issues paper” had been dividing member states but was the subject of a lengthy discussion. Although this...