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Simitis places emphasis on efforts to make to preserve peace and EU unity - Prodi backs "choice of Greek Presidency in favour of peace"

Strasbourg, 14/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - In 2003, the European Union must face two major challenges: its own transformation following enlargement, and the fight against recession and insecurities of all types that threaten, including those coming from the outside, and faced with which it has to ensure its constant presence, and a "single and clear" stance. Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, President-in-Office of the European Council thus began the presentation, in Strasbourg on 14...