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...that currently dominate the E.U. remained on their guard. France's Socialist Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine warned that his government would be "attentive and, if necessary, vigilant" toward the new Italian administration, while Prime Minister Lionel Jospin pointedly refrained from making any declaration at all. German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, a Social Democrat, issued a notably cool statement, saying his government "took note" of the Italian results and "respected the decision" of the voters. Britain's center-left Prime Minister Tony Blair was a better sport, phoning his congratulations to Berlusconi Monday night...
...amazed at the confusion in the accounts of what happened that fateful night when civilians were killed in Thanh Phong [NATION, May 7]. The stories told by former Senator Bob Kerrey and his squad mate Gerhard Klann are completely different. Klann would have us believe it was a meticulous slaughter of unarmed women and children. Kerrey recalls that the killings were an accident that occurred during a confusing night of war. Since the stories are so contradictory, and we can't distinguish the truth, we should put this behind us and move forward. Judgment of these men will...
...GERMANY The E.U.'s Future German proposals for a strong European executive with more legislative and economic powers drew a cool response from other E.U. countries. The plan, drawn up by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democratic Party, would create a new European legislative chamber to take the place of the Council of Ministers, and would give the European Parliament total control over the European Union budget. France's European Affairs Minister, Pierre Moscovici, summarily rejected the plan. Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands reacted positively, but Austria and Denmark warned against the creation of an E.U. "superstate...
...segment of 60 Minutes II, for which Vistica received a producer's credit. These reports take a condemning view of the raid, strongly suggesting that Kerrey is wrong when he says the civilian deaths were the tragic consequence of the fog of war, and that the former squad mate, Gerhard Klann, is right when he says the killings were a deliberate execution. Now Kerrey faces a whole army of reporters seeking to cut through the shifting memories to get to the truth of what he did that night...
...inadvertent killing of civilians was a grim commonplace in Vietnam, deliberate execution was a step over the line, a criminal violation of the laws of war. Yet one member of Kerrey's squad says that is what the SEALs did that night. Gerhard Klann, the veteran among Kerrey's green tyros, told the Times Magazine and 60 Minutes II that the five villagers knifed in the first hooch were, in fact, an old man, his wife, two young girls and a boy. He said Kerrey ordered the killing and personally helped him cut the old man's throat...