An offer that was outside the mandate would not be binding for Europe and would therefore not enable an agreement in the round, |
Let us do for energy what we once did for coal and steel. |
Marginal changes won't suffice. We need more than that for an agreement. They need to address the double problem of this proposal: It gives too little to the poorest countries and too much to Britain. The key issue today is how we finance enlargement and the related question of the British rebate. |
The president reiterated France's position to him (Bush) -- that disarming Iraq is necessary and must be done within a U.N. framework. |
The president's position is that justice should be done. |
This decision reflects both a wish of the United States and our desire to participate in the stabilization of Afghanistan, |
This is a meeting in the framework of our consultations about Iraq. |
What I know is that the relations between France and Germany transcend the composition of the governments or political swings, and they will continue, |