West European leaders rekindle the fire of unity
When the leaders of the ten nations that constitute the European Community gathered last week at the Palais de Fontainebleau outside Paris, they knew that the outcome of their two-day summit might either launch the political and economic revival of Western Europe or set the seal on its decline. For five years, the question of how to deal with Britain's demand for a cut in its disproportionate contribution to the Community's common budget had all but paralyzed its ability to act on other pressing matters. Among them: the Community's chronic funding difficulties, its...
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