Paris, 30/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - French Defence Minister Alain Richard pointed out during a meeting, on Thursday, with a group of journalists before the beginning of the French Presidency on 1 July, that there are five major deadlines under the French Presidency's term of office, following enormous progress made during the last two years with the development of a European defence policy. At the same time, he recalled that the EU15's defence policy is "an intergovernmental policy, a...