This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands.

This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

They have it wrong in asking if Schroeder favors Britain over France, or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany. That is what we all have to understand.

This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands.

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.