Brussels, 28/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - It was essentially France's opposition that prevented Friday's Council from declaring that negotiations for cooperation and extradition agreements with the United States had been concluded. Portugal also expressed reserve but to a lesser extent. Discussions focused on the question of concurrent requests. To put it clearly, what would happen if the United States and a Member State both wanted to obtain the extradition of a person held in another Member...