An eloquent hearing. It was enough just to expand the debate beyond official circles for a number of elements of truth on prospects for EU relations with countries of the southern Mediterranean to emerge in full. We all know the official spiel: a free trade zone up to 2010, a common stability and progress zone and so on and so forth. I'd like to invite those who might be interested to read the report in our EUROPE 9264 publication from the hearing organised on 12 September by the European...