Nice, 11/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Council of Nice adopted the following declaration on the Middle East (the theme had been tackled earlier by the Foreign Ministers) (unofficial translation)-:
"Peace must be restored in the Middle East. It is impossible to resign oneself to the violence, the suffering of the populations, and the hate between the peoples. Negotiations must be resumed. With this in mind, the European Union considers as necessary: - the personal commitment of the...