THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/tripartite summit

In a joint letter in view of spring summit, Schröder, Chirac and Blair want future Commission vice president to focus on "economic reforms" and insist on EU budget ceiling of 1% of GDP - no directorates but this kind of meeting will be repeated - Jacques Chirac underlines "specific nature of Franco-German relationship"

Brussels, 19/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - At the end of their summit on 18 February in Berlin, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, French president Jacques Chirac and British prime minister Tony Blair jointly signed a letter addressed to the presidents of the European Council and European Commission in view of the Spring Summit 25-26 March. In their letter (which we will be looking at later), the three Heads of State call for a more innovative EU, more jobs, and modernisation of the...