Brussels, 15/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Member states are still divided over the application of reduced rates of value added tax (VAT) to stimulate high labour intensive economic activities. Neither did the fresh air of Nice, where European finance ministers were holding informal meetings on 12-13 September, appear to help bring these different points of view together. The only real progress made during the informal Ecofin Council meeting involved the request made to the European Commission...