Europe: Once More to Market?

Officially, it was simply a pomp-and-panoply state visit as Queen Elizabeth of Britain last week paid a five-day call in Brussels on King Baudouin of Belgium. But Brussels is more than just the capital of Belgium these days. With each fresh agreement of the Common Market Six (see WORLD BUSINESS), it becomes more and more the headquarters and repository of the Continent's hopes for unity. Mindful of that, the Queen had some carefully chosen words to say: "Like so many things in life, the desirable is not always immediately attainable, but I...

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