Paris, 28/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In his traditional speech on the occasion of the annual conference of French ambassadors posted abroad, President Jacques Chirac deplored the fact that the European Union should "still portray the image of an economic giant whose political weight does not reflect its place in the world". To remedy this, he proposes extending the field of the EU's external actions to issues with a "strong international dimension", like immigration, refugees, combating...