Brussels, 29/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - Following the election of Vladimir Putin, all European institutions hope that the new Russian President will consolidate democracy and pursue its economic reforms in his country, and that he will make decisive progress in a peace settlement in Chechnya (see yesterday's EUROPE, p. 5 for the reaction of the spokesperson of the EU Council President Mr. Gama).
Thus, the High Representative for Cfsp, Javier Solana saw in this election "the chance for a...