Athens / Brussels, 20/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - Appeals to avoid war in Iraq are multiplying in Europe. In an interview published in Die Welt, President Chirac reaffirmed that the international community could only turn to military intervention as "extreme measure", and with an explicit UN mandate. For France, "it is very important to continue to consult closely with Germany", which will succeed it next month at the head of the Security Council, he said.
At the end of talks in Athens on...