01/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with Financial Times Deutschland on 1 September, the President of the Council of the EU, Erkki Tuomioja, called for the EU to establish contact with Hamas and to be prepared to talk with all 'relevant' parties. 'Hamas is not the same party as it was before the (Palestinian) elections,' he said, adding: 'The EU is the only party which can talk directly and openly with everybody and everyone who is relevant for the Middle East… We have to be able...