04/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - On the fringe of the "Gymnich" type meeting on 2 and 3 September in Evian, Robin Cook discussed with Hubert Védrine on the subject of the recent blockades at Channel ports by French fishermen in protest of rising fuel prices (see EUROPE of 1 September, pages 4 and 5). The Secretary to the Foreign Office suggested, without going into detail, that one should call on the European Commission to put proposals forward as to how to avoid such blockades in future, and...