Brussels, 20/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday 20 January, that progress had been made in discussions on reduced rates of value added tax (VAT) with her German counterpart Peer Steinbrück, with whom she had held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Ecofin Council. “I believe that we have here the basis of a solid agreement with our German partners,” she told press before leaving Brussels. During the meeting, the ministers outlined...