05/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - MEP Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES), has praised Erkki Tuomioja, the Finnish foreign minister and President of the Council of the EU, for “reopening the discussion on political contacts with the Palestinian people” (see EUROPE 9256 and 9257 on the informal meeting at Lappeenranta). “The formation of a government of national unity with Hamas and Fatah would create a fresh situation … The EU should make it clear...