Brussels, 09/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - At the annual press conference on Monday 9 March, at which the European Investment Bank (EIB) reviewed the previous year's balance sheet, the president of the institution declared: “Faced with the considerable and dramatic challenge Europe and the world are confronting…our shareholders (Ed: the member states) asked us to be stronger and faster”. Philippe Maystadt affirmed that they had been meeting the challenge since 2008 when the EIB raised its...