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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7779

17 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/austria/italy
Exchange of letters between Dini and Ferrero-Waldner over statements by Jorg Haider

Rome / Vienna, 16/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Italian press has reported over the weekend on an exchange of letters between Italian and Austrian Foreign Ministers - Lamberto Dini and Benita Ferrero-Waldner - caused by statements made by Jorg Haider when visiting Venice last month, especially in an interview in which the Governor of Carinthia pleaded in favour of replacing the EU with a Europe of the regions (including a region Carinthia/Frioul/Venecia). Such words "can only be registered...