Germany rules out Iraq war support
-There has been rising resistance to war from France - a permanent
member of the UN Security Council
-China and Russia, also permanent members, say the inspectors should be given more time.
-Earlier, Turkey - a key Nato partner - expressed its own fresh reservations
poodle variation, poor poodles, not much left of those happy Bambi eyes yesterday
- Britain, Mr Bush's closest ally on the issue of Iraq, is sending Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw to Washington on Wednesday for talks with US
Secretary of State Colin Powell.
The respectful BBC-version:
news.bbc.co.uk
On the other hand, is it smart starting out with some already old, blunt lies when
trying to make the point that somebody else is lying?? Especially as the speech is archived
video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/ndrive/iraq012103_armita...
Ilmarinen
Minor test,what are the most important words??? Maybe something starting with "so that we can claim"
Ouch, and additionally France and Germany are stengthning coperation on government, ministery
level, and much more, plus EU is going after tax-evasion
<From now on, our two governments must be able to hold joint Councils of Ministers, and individual ministers systematically to organize cooperation with their opposite numbers.
The desire to increase our citizens' involvement in what we do will also require us to consult each other more closely when drawing up our national legislation and so for this purpose step up the dialogue between our two parliaments.
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On 22 and 23 January this year, Germany and France are together going to celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of the signing of the Elysée Treaty under which the two countries, ending an age-old
rivalry, sealed their reconciliation and together embarked on close and ambitious cooperation to
support and continue building the European enterprise>
france.diplomatie.fr.
Elysée Treaty
Article by M. Jacques Chirac, published in the German weekly
"Rheinischer Merkur"
(from jan 15, but today is the day of the details) |
