Berlin, 19/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a speech he made at the Humboldt-Universitat in Berlin on 18 October, Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson said in particular (in anticipation of Friday's debate at the Ghent Summit: see above) that the European Council and Council of Ministers "will continue to play the central role in the governing of Europe", and considered that, "in a Union where the Council remains in charge, the Presidency will assume increased importance". According to him, the...