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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7893

1 February 2001
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Solana operation on "common strategies" comes in addition to earlier action by Chris Patten, and gives European foreign policy a lift - Reflection is still needed on free trade areas

Deflating the theory. With several pages of apparently calm and objective reflection, Javier Solana has deflated one of the empty theories of Europe: "common strategies" for foreign policy. Not their intention, or their substance, but the practical use made of them to date. After the salutary and brave little paper by the CFSP High Commissioner, the Council will no longer be able to continue approving wordy and ineffective texts.

Agence EUROPE has made the "Solana paper" available to its...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION