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...This has led Romano Prodi, the President of the European Union, to complain that as long as the EU does not have a standardized tax policy it will be “like a soldier trying to march with a ball and chain around one leg.” Joschka Fischer, the German Foreign Minister was rather more revealing when he said that the launch of the Euro was “a profoundly political act,” designed to spur Europe on to “put into place the final brick in the building of European integration...
...Jews in Germany - a country that has maintained close ties with Israel since its founding - have also pushed their government to intervene more forcefully in the conflict, with results: since his Middle East visit last month, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has taken the lead in trying to broker peace talks between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. And although Europe's leaders are often more sympathetic to criticisms of Israel than their American counterparts - last week European representatives remained at the U.N. conference on racism after U.S. and Israeli delegates walked out - Jewish activists say they...
...part of a delicate peace initiative to end seven months of hostilities along with the adoption of political reforms. Rival sides differed on the number of weapons to be collected, but reports said 3,000 had been agreed on. ISRAEL German Peace Bid An offer by Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to hold cease-fire talks in Berlin was welcomed by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. But proposals for a zone-by-zone truce seemed far from events on the ground, where at least 15 people died in continuing violence. IRAN Jailed for "Insults" A prominent...
...from the Egyptians to act more forcefully to implement a cease-fire. Egypt's failure during this week's U.N. Security Council debate to support the Palestinian demand for international observers was a strong signal of President Hosni Mubarak's impatience with Arafat. And it was German foreign minister Joschka Fischer who in June twisted Arafat's arm to declare a cease-fire or risk losing European diplomatic and financial support following the Tel Aviv disco bombing...
...stalled cease-fire efforts, a new flurry of diplomatic semaphores from Washington, Berlin, the United Nations, Cairo, Jerusalem and Ramallah suggests a renewed attempt to contain the recent escalation of violence, and to follow the Mitchell Report's recommendations on triage for the stricken peace process. German foreign minister Joschka Fischer on Tuesday persuaded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres to hold a new round of face-to-face talks, under his auspices, at some point in the near future...