THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/french presidency

In Nice, we would prefer no Treaty rather than a bad Treaty, said Mr. Moscovici, who confided that France wants a "conclusion scenario" to enlargement negotiations

Brussels, 28/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The French Minister for European Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, outlined, Tuesday evening before the press in Brussels, the priorities of the French European Union Presidency, which starts on July 1, asserting, in particular, that this Presidency is part of the "continuity", inheriting the dossiers from the Portuguese Presidency; though, he asserted, "for the Nice Treaty, we are ambitious, we do not want a watered down Treaty, we would prefer no Treaty...