11/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - the President of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, welcomed the consensus reached by EU Ministers for Foreign Affairs at Genval last weekend, on the subject of a Convention for preparing the next IGC (see yesterday's edition of EUROPE pp 6-7). Mr Pöttering, who wanted the future Convention to be chaired by a European figure who is above the rivalries of political parties and national borders, reiterated his request for the next...