Oxford, 29/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Despite considerable progress over recent years, the UK's stance in Europe "has too often been defensive (…).Perhaps attitudes are different here because of Britain's island status. Maybe there is some truth in what Winston Churchill told de Gaulle: that each time the UK has to choose between Europe and the open sea, it will always choose the open sea". This is what European Commission President Romano Prodi said in a speech given in Oxford on Monday...