09/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - In an interview published on 9 December by Le Figaro, the Chairman of the European Convention, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, toned down his radical opposition to Turkey's accession to the European Union (see EUROPE of 9 November, p.7). He thus said: "I did not say that Turkey's admission to the Union would entail the death of the Union (…). I said that it was first of all necessary to achieve the European Union, and then we would see". VGE added: "Let us first of...