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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8659

5 March 2004
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Death of "directoires" makes "differentiation" even more necessary

Joschka Fischer recants. Fashions change. The two-speed Europe, the avant-guard and pioneer groups are losing ground to the idea of the compact Europe of 25. Certainly, positions in this sense are nothing new; the novelty and at present even the well-known figures who supported the opposing thesis are changing their minds (Joschka Fisher) or relaxing their previous position (Jacques Chirac). The speech by the German foreign affairs minister is a real recantation. He recognised that he would...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION