Athens, 01/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at a seminar early July on "the Future of Europe and Greece" organised by the Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM), Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis pleaded in favour of a European Union moving along the lines of a political Union (see EUROPE of 14 July, p.). "It is almost certain that present-day policy reality, even though some institutional solutions were given at Nice, will further strengthen centrifugal forces in a Union of 27 or...