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...statesmanlike, sitting down together instead of screaming, and using a display of E.U. clout to bolster their flagging fortunes back home. "A year ago, I would have said that a trilateral grouping like this would have little chance of getting off the ground," says Stephen Byers, a former British Cabinet Minister who is close to Blair and has been sounding out political opinion on the Continent on his behalf. "But now, precisely because of Iraq, there's a desire to come together. It just feels like the chemistry is right." But right for whom? The leaders themselves maintain that their...
...inclinations may make such a proposal seem preposterous from an American perspective, but France’s national ethos and the very peculiar role of religion in the country’s political life justify the endorsement this legislation has received from President Chirac and the majority of his cabinet, the legislative body and the people. The law is designed to uphold the uniquely French principle of the secular republican state. It will succeed in doing so by affirming that the public school system, as the apparatus responsible for forging the next generation of citizens of that secular state, should...
...charges while in office. Juppé remained loyal even during his trial, when his political career was on the line. Political analysts believe Juppé's protestations of innocence - as well as his appeal - are designed to shield Chirac from implication in a scam that Juppé's former cabinet head testified "everyone knew" about. "This decision targets the entire Chirac system, striking at the man at the top of that system - Chirac - via his closest ally and confidant," says Dominique Moïsi, deputy director of the French Institute of International Relations. "But that logic suggests the trial itself...
...into why his prewar predictions of a big Iraqi WMD arsenal were wrong, Prime Minister Tony Blair dropped jaws by saying he didn't know that his weapons dossier's most notorious claim - that Iraq could deploy some WMDs in 45 minutes - applied only to battlefield munitions. But several cabinet ministers said they knew, casting doubt on Blair's claim of ignorance. Conservative leader Michael Howard called for Blair's resignation. Stepping Down latvia Prime Minister Einars Repse announced that his center-right government was resigning. The move came a week after one of the four parties in his ruling...
President Bush’s new budget contains a 7.2 percent cut for the Environmental Protection Agency, a 10 percent reduction for the Small Business Administration and asks for the elimination of Education Department programs that prevent alcohol abuse and high school dropouts. Seven cabinet-level departments and 63 government programs will see slashed appropriations and 65 more will be totally scrapped