Paris, 16/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Union now plays an important role within the UN, where "it has real weight, not only because of the economic power of each of its members, but as a body for collective expression", noted Hubert Haenel, Chairman of the Delegation from the French Senate for the European Union, in a communication to the delegation mid-December, which was published in "Sénat-Actualité de la Délégation pour l'Union européenne", N.23. Mr Haenel recalls that the...