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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8385

24 January 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/united states

23/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - The CSU elected member Bernd Posselt has described as "neo-colonialists" the remarks made by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who, when irritated by the Franco-German position against the war in Iraq, declared that France and Germany were "the old Europe". The EU is a partner of the United States "not its protectorate", Mr Posselt said, noting that Washington first of all "tried to force the EU to accept Turkey as a member, and is now massively interfering...

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