23/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, a spokesman for the German government denied reports, which appeared in the media over the weekend, that Chancellor Angela Merkel had sent a confidential letter to her EU counterparts, proposing the launch of an intergovernmental conference (IGC) in June 2007 to negotiate a new Treaty. In Berlin, however, it is stressed that the consultations carried out by the “sherpas” is continuing and intensifying. In this context, the German presidency has...