They will underline their readiness to keep more troops there if necessary, as well as their readiness to press ahead with a new U.N. resolution — partly because that new U.N. resolution is the key...

such a hot potato that it was dropped.

is going to cause controversy with the U.S.

His presence is a remainder to local politicians and paramilitaries embroiled in local rivalries and inherited disputes that there is a bigger world out there watching them and expecting them to lift their eyes to...

But one thing he didn’t address, having raised in his speech the suggestion that politics in France had to change, he didn’t have anything to suggest how the political system should change,

The fact that George Bush has come to Belfast to meet Tony Blair in this location … is in a sense a mark of respect for Tony Blair, an attempt to show outside world —...

Jean-Marie Le Pen was like a man who just had six birthdays in one day.

glassy smiles and gloss over time.

performance of great defiance and passion.

They (UK officials) are looking at this as something of a triumph, something of a justification for invading Iraq,

pretty grumpy and imperious.

Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.

For him to lecture these applicant countries or these accepted members on their way in was really behavior like the worst of what the French complain about in the United States,

incredible charm offensive … (which) is starting to show dividends.

After September 11 governments everywhere have had to plan what they would do in the event of a major civil emergency, especially the UK government,

These situations are always incredibly difficult for prime ministers and government, but so far there’s been no public outcry against Blair for refusing to deal with terrorists,

I don’t think we’ll see huge divisions here in Greece.

(Blair) looking to jumpstart the Middles East peace process.

Both sides know that with stock markets everywhere in free fall it is hardly the time to spark an all-out trade war.

The whole chemistry of the relationship between Moscow and the West is really changing now,

It has dominated the media, … There is deep worry about the image of the British army and deep worry about the effect on Iraqi elections.

It’s unlikely that anything serious will happen until November 15 when the Parliament meets again, … The commission can’t take up office until it’s been approved by parliament.

The French have sense of urgency

Bush isn’t going to follow the detail to the same extent (as Clinton), but he is helping to put his imprimatur on that process in an important week, when Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern put...

are not remotely on the same scale as the U.S..

The British and Irish remain hopeful all the same that some of the presidential stardust will rub off.

(Blair) was saying that one way or another inaction was not a possibility — there has to be action of one kind or another.

But it comes at a time when the IRA is under intensive pressure. It has been put on the defensive over the arrests in Colombia of IRA members working with FARC rebels and there are...

The disagreements which undoubtedly exist… could not be eliminated today.

Basically what it boils down to is whether Angela Merkel detaches the Greens from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder into a coalition with her and the Free Democrats, or whether Chancellor Schroeder detaches the Free Democrats from...

It would be interesting to know how much Tony Blair will raise those questions in private, although in public he will continue to say that such matters are for commanders on the ground,

But a window of opportunity is seen for this now, the political demands for it are growing across the world all the time, and there is immense pressure on Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel...

If the French vote ‘no,’ most analysts believe it would destroy any possibility of Chirac standing again for the presidency in 2007,

stricter standards applied to those who influence impressionable young people.

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

Blair came through the potentially difficult ordeal by confronting the main issues, by acknowledging how the Iraq issue had divided his party,

Basically, he has to go back to the drawing board … to have another go at it, … It’s not a crisis or a complete disaster. It’s a mess and it’s a humiliation.

Quite a lot of agreement exists on the general principle of avoiding the over-production of food.

There is skepticism among unionists as the IRA is blamed for the huge Northern Bank robbery last year and the question they are asking is: Will that money be used as pensions for old IRA...

It’s been a very, very big turnout and it will mean a huge sigh of relief for the 10 applicant countries and for European Union leaders across the continent.

more Palestinian Authority, not less.

It’s also the key to possibly getting NATO involved.

We are not going to see a full NATO operation,

They are now talking much more about the suffering of the Iraqi people. The British government used to say nothing of regime change, … both (leaders) need a second U.N. resolution.

He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.

Bush will be there to show that the rest of the world is still interested in this peace process and to kick it along.

The Jewish community in Europe is much heartened by this conference. They felt European leaders were in denial about the increase in anti-Semitic attacks,

Standing shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. in the war against terrorism, Blair knows, he has made Britain a potential terrorist target too.