02/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - Micheline Calmy-Rey, the Swiss minister for foreign affairs, justified on 1st August, Switzerland's national day, the one billion Swiss francs (€636 bn) her country wanted to allocate to new EU Member States for carrying out socio-economic projects (EUROPE 9229). She declared that, “saying no to this contribution would be like my neighbour paying for the snow to be swept away from the road in front of my chalet while I benefited from the action on a daily...