In its communication to the Euro­pean Council the Commission noted some signs of improvement in the economic situa­tion in Europe and found that pressures on the world oil market were easing; interest­rate and exchange­rate trends on both sides of the Atlantic nevertheless gave cause for concern, and progress made in Europe in terms of the basic features of economic pol­icy and the results achieved was unsatisfac­tory.
'Εξάλλου, κατά τή διάρκεια τής συνόδου τού 'Ιουνίου, τό Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο (:) ενέ­