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...agonized about the impending U.S. elections, in Rome a singular political spectacle took place. On the Capitoline Hill, crowned by Michelangelo’s beautiful piazza, 29 European heads of government and of state met to sign the European Union (EU) constitution. The tulips were Dutch, the direction Italian (Franco Zeffirelli, of “Romeo and Juliet” fame) and all the politicians looked dapper indeed as they posed before the iconic statue of Marcus Aurelius. In true European style, however, the performance was surrounded by a flurry of chaotic disagreement...
...European Economic Community - the forerunner of today's European Union - so the Italian Prime Minister wanted the leaders of the 25 member states to return to the Eternal City to sign the European Constitution. On Friday they came, and Berlusconi made the most of it. With famed filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli directing the live television coverage, Berlusconi led his European colleagues through a carefully choreographed ceremony at Rome's historic Campidoglio city hall. There were long, statesmanlike gazes from the balcony overlooking the ancient forum and a signing ceremony in the same Orazi and Curiazi hall where the 1957 treaty...
...While most nominees are distinguished and qualified, as many as six have drawn criticism. Now that Buttiglione is gone, national leaders will have to decide how much more recasting the Commission needs. Berlusconi, who is said to favor Foreign Minister Franco Frattini for Italy's slot, doesn't want Buttiglione to be the only casualty. Other possible candidates for replacement include the proposed Energy Commissioner, Hungarian Foreign Minister Lászlo Kovács, whose "professional competence" and "aptitude" were found inadequate by the relevant committee; the proposed Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes of the Netherlands, whose extensive (and, until...
Driving France's effort to shore up its second-place ranking among the world's destinations for foreign investment is Gaymard, 44, France's ambassador for international investment. Despite E.U. integration and strained Franco-U.S. relations, Gaymard stresses, the U.S. remains "our biggest market, our first market"; U.S. investment rose 12% in 2003. Besides managing her career and her family life--with eight children and a husband, Agriculture Minister Herv Gaymard--she recently published a novel. --By William...
...said the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco led to a cultural revolution in Spain that coincided with his start in filmmaking...