Brussels, 21/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 21 February at the end of his first visit to the European Commission in Brussels as head of government, Gordon Brown announced that “the EU is essential for the success of the UK, the UK is essential for the success of the EU”. During a joint press conference with José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, Mr Brown declared that the United Kingdom was at the centre of European cooperation and would remain “fully...