Washington, 20/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Mr Verhofstadt expressed the wish to see a fruitful discussion in Washington today, a position shared by the USA and the European Union on the situation in the Middle East. He also wanted to see continued pressure brought to bare on the two sides and certainly on president Arafat, who is continuing to put into practice all that he has said in words (last Sunday - editor's note). The President of the European Council's comments were made during a...