25/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - European Parliament President Nicole Fontaine welcomed the announcement of decommissioning by the IRA, hoping that this gesture would incite the loyalist paramilitaries to do likewise and that it "serve as example to others whether in Europe or the world". This breakthrough "proves that reason can triumph over emotion and hate", she said in Strasbourg. European Commission President Romano Prodi spoke along the same lines in his speech in plenary on Wednesday,...