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...natural gas and electricity in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year, money we could have used to buy other things that keep an economy going. But as more companies bring fuel supplies and power plants online, the worst of this year's rapid price hikes may be behind us--California excluded...
...National Forum on Europe" to engage dissenting groups and raise public awareness, presumably before calling another referendum in 2002. He knows he can certainly improve on the lackluster campaign the "yes" forces ran. Turnout was only 33%, allowing passionate minorities - anti-abortion activists, Greens worried that the new Rapid Reaction Force would undermine Irish neutrality, Sinn Fein members eager to weaken Ahern before the 2002 election - to swamp widespread but diffuse pro-European feelings. A similar anti-European coalition lost three earlier referendums, which gives Ahern some running room. On the other hand, Ireland is now on the cusp...
...Time: Can E.U. member states create a functioning European rapid reaction force by 2003 as planned? Solana: My information is that 11 member states are going to increase their defense budgets this year. But Europe's contribution to security isn't only through defense budgets. Enlarging the E.U. into the Central and Eastern European countries without any doubt has a very important element of stability...
...natural gas and electricity in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year, money we could have used to buy other things that keep an economy going. But as more companies bring fuel supplies and power plants online, the worst of this year's rapid price hikes may be behind us-California excluded...
...Balkans have also caused tensions - Washington in the Clinton years pushed the reluctant Europeans for more decisive action in Bosnia and Kosovo; now in the Bush years U.S. leaders have begun emphasizing the need for an exit strategy. European moves to set up a parallel defense arrangement for rapid deployment in conflict zones have also caused concern in the Pentagon...