In an interview with the Guardian of 1 December, the European Commissioner for External Relations, British Conservative Chris Patten, commented on the climate dominating part of the British media before the Summit of Nice. Here are some passages:
"As we come towards Nice, the whole thing is debated in this frenzied atmosphere of a superstate just around the corner. Anyone who knows anything about what is happening in Europe knows that this is unutterable bilge. The French are never going to...