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To: Alex who wrote (20541)	10/5/1998 9:53:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116790

Britain is out---do not have gold....:) Blair's hopes for 'triple alliance' dashed by French By Toby Helm, EU Correspondent, in Luxembourg <Picture: External Links> <Picture: >>The European Union - Europa <Picture> <Picture><Picture> TONY Blair's hopes of forging a "triple alliance" with France and Germany in the aftermath of Gerhard Schröder's election victory suffered a setback yesterday when a senior French minister ruled out widening the Franco-German axis to include Britain. Hubert Vedrine, the foreign minister, said that while it was important that the three countries got on well, nothing would replace the Paris-Bonn relationship that had always been the "motor" of European integration. "I don't think that a combination of Germany, Great Britain and France, or any other couple, could replace this motor," Mr Vedrine told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The minister was being asked about suggestions by the new German Chancellor, before his country's general election on Sept 27, that Britain could take its place in a triangle of European Union nations with France and Germany. Such a plan, Mr Vedrine said, would not be possible as Britain had opted out of the single currency, which comes into being on Jan 1 next year. "Great Britain cannot yet have in Europe the same role as those countries which have created the euro and will join it," he said. Later, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, Mr Vedrine was at pains to prevent his comments triggering a diplomatic furore and stressed that Britain had "an important role to play" in Europe. But he said: "It seems to me that Britain can only play as full a role as France and Germany from the moment it is inside the euro."