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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8396

8 February 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Lack of European stance on Iraqi issue raises "double feeling of discouragement and urgency", says Giscard d'Estaing, noting the "common position" of the European people

Brussels, 07/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - At his press conference, at the end of the work of the European Convention, Valery Giscard d'Estaing stressed that, on the Iraqi issue, Member States were "back-stepping in their attitude in relation to commitments already made in the Maastricht Treaty". He said he had "a double feeling of discouragement and urgency". "Europe, which places peace among its values, should have a common position …, and yet, moreover, the European people do have a common...

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