12/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of the 29th congress in Hildesheim of the Paneuropa-Union-Deutschland chaired by the European CSU member, Bernd Posselt, the president of the EPP-ED group at the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, received the Medal of Merit from the Paneuropa-Union. On this occasion, a press release states, Mr Posselt was opposed to the argument whereby European defence would not be possible without the United Kingdom. In his view, "it can quite well come...