Brussels, 23/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - During the work of the European Council, Commission President Romano Prodi declared, as pointed out earlier, that the economic impact of the war in Iraq could be taken into account when assessing compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact by the Member States (see EUROPE of 22 March, p.3).
Speaking at the summit, President of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac, also, evoked economic and budgetary policy problems, affirming that France had "chosen...