Brussels, 13/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday evening 13 March, the European Council was opened with the traditional meeting between heads of state and government and the president of the European Parliament. On this occasion, Hans-Gert Pöttering said the Lisbon strategy was “just” but that the EU was “still far” from attaining its goals - partly because the “reforms decided are not applied with the same commitment throughout the European Union”. The EP supports the...