Brussels, 14/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - Work began on the memorandum of understanding between the European Union and the Council of Europe after the Warsaw summit in May 2005, and it was signed on Friday 11 May 2007, in Strasbourg. The original idea was to enhance cooperation between the more integrated 27-member Union and the pan-European organisation, which has remained purely intergovernmental, albeit far broader in scope as it now includes 47 countries including the Federation of Russia....