01/09/2004 (Agence Europe) -Sir Adrian Fortescue died on 17 August of an asthma attack. He joined the European Commission in 1973 as a member of the cabinet of Lord Soames, the first British Commissioner, and later left it to join the diplomatic service. In 1981, he took charge of the Foreign Office unit overseeing the six months of the British Presidency of the Council of the EU. Returning to the Commission as chef de cabinet for Commissioner Lord Cockfield, he was director general for...