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2/27/07

Germany faces splits over EU birthday message

Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World

"Germany faces splits over EU birthday message
Published: Tuesday, 27 February, 2007, 09:48 AM Doha Time

BERLIN: European Union president Germany is reducing its ambitions for a declaration on European values which Chancellor Angela Merkel had hoped would be a springboard to reviving talks on the stalled constitution, diplomats say.
EU leaders will issue the declaration at a summit in the German capital on March 24-25 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome which established the six-nation European Economic Community, the forerunner of today’s Union."

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