The Europeans can stick together on Iraq
Written by Steven Everts, Heather Grabbe, Charles Grant, 07 February 2003
The emergency EU summit on Iraq has produced a useful statement on what unites Europeans in their dealing with the Iraq crisis. After the very public squabbling of recent days and weeks, EU leaders pulled back from the brink and decided to underline the common ground between them. But deep splits still remain inside the EU about the need for, and timing of, possible military action in the case of continued Iraqi non-compliance.
