Brussels, 15/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Failing a miracle, the foreign ministers of the Fifteen should decide Monday to implement the sanctions they threatened the Mugabe regime with on 28 January if conditions for free, transparent and fair elections were not met for the presidentials of 9 and 10 March in Zimbabwe (see EUROPE of 9 February, p.9). Theoretically, all is still possible as the Council's decision will depend on the report made on latest developments on the ground by the head of the Union's electoral monitoring mission, the Swedish diplomat Pierre Schori, the Heads of missions of Member States and the head of the Commission's delegation in Zimbabwe. In fact, however, the patience shown by Member States in the power struggle imposed on them by the Mugabe regime by successive evasive tactics could prove defining. According to a Commission spokesperson, contacts will continue over the weekend with Harare to secure maximum guarantees for the effective work by Union monitors, especially the accreditation of Pierre Schori, which has still not come, whereas the long-term observers, from Member States nominally accepted by Zimbabwe (all except the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Germany) have just been accredited or are on the verge of being so. Friday, the possibility of Pierre Schori being forced to leave the country had not been ruled out. Confirmation of imminent expulsion could be decisive for implementation of the sanctions.