18/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The idea of a union between France and Germany is "a very beautiful idea, but it is not an institutional idea, and it is not a matter of merger between the two States", French Minister for European Affairs Noëlle Lenoir told the press on Monday. Going back over all the initiatives taken over these past few months (joint council of ministers, meeting between the regions of both countries …), the French minister gave her assurance that it is "neither a...