During their summit on 18 February in Berlin, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair signed a joint letter to the President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, and to the Commission President, Romano Prodi, in which they set out their priorities for the Spring European Council of 25 and 26 March in Brussels (see EUROPE of 20 February, p.4). The full text of the letter is published in our series EUROPE/Documents (in...