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...summit in the medieval Dutch town of Maastricht last week, aimed at forging deeper economic and political integration within the European Community, was a qualified success. After two days of heated wrangling, the 12 heads of state and government produced an agreement that took a giant step toward monetary unity, a half step toward strengthening a separate European defense organization, and a baby step toward framing a common foreign and security policy. They also moved toward pursuing joint action in areas ranging from immigration to education and labor. "This meeting," said German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, "has resulted in the fulfillment...
...summit's crowning achievement was the commitment by 11 of the 12 (Britain excepted) to monetary union by the end of the century. After years of debate, the leaders agreed to establish a single European Currency Unit, the ECU, as early as January 1997. But each country must first meet stringent economic criteria. Among them, total government debt must fall below 60% of gross domestic product, and budget deficits may not surpass 3% of GDP. If fewer than seven countries meet the test by the target date, then the currency will be delayed until 1999, when qualifying nations will...
Next week, a major European summit, one which may seal a federal future for Europe, will take place at Maastricht, in the Netherlands. There, leaders of the 12 EC states will sign away some portion of their sovereignty over monetary, social, foreign, and security policy...
...message here for the Administration," he said, "and a message here for the U.S. Congress." He admonished the press not to "look at the part of the glass that is only half full." But the fact that he had called the sunrise gathering just before departing for the NATO summit in Rome suggested, like his abrupt cancellation of the Asian tour, that the President was starting to worry about his political future. For the first time since his Desert Storm triumph last February, Bush's hammerlock on a second term seemed to be slipping...
...speeches and documents at this week's NATO summit in Rome, the 16 member heads of state and government will reaffirm their faith in the alliance and approve an updated Strategic Concept that has been in the making for more than a year. That 50-page policy statement calls for smaller, more mobile forces in Europe and for keeping NATO's multinational military command intact...