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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7897

7 February 2001
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Tony Blair and Giuliano Amato on the one hand, Margot Wallström and Michaele Schreyer on the other, suggest first "enhanced cooperation" in spirit of Nice Treaty

Fighting traffickers of human beings and illegal immigration. It is now that the first plans for "enhanced cooperation" make their appearance. Tony Blair and Giuliano Amato suggest one to coordinate the fight against illegal immigration; the European Commissioners Michaele Schreyer and Margaret Wallström favour another in order to harmonise energy taxation. For the moment these are only suggestions, hypothesis, but it is significant that they are formulated while the Nice Treaty (which will...

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