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...Europe Tightens Its Belt Re "Is the Good Life Out of Reach?" [Mar. 5], about the effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, Cape Town, South Africa...
Jacques Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985-95, helping to make this a period of extraordinary transformation in Europe. During his tenure the European Community became the European Union: a single market on its way to a common currency. More recently, the pace of change has slowed, even stalled. Delors, 81, hopes the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome will give member states new impetus in building the E.U. He spoke with Time about Europe's future, its tumultuous past and why it's still "the Continent of doubt...
TIME: You have said that Europe risks unraveling. Why? Jacques Delors: The European Union has been through other crises, but this one is more serious. None of the 27 member governments has stepped up to frankly explain what they really think we are building the Union for. We need fresh air, and fresh air comes through talking clearly about our future...
...South Africa, which has long advocated a softly-softly approach to Mugabe, finally issued something akin to a reprimand, calling on all parties to respect the rule of law. (In private, the language is understood to have been more forceful.) The current chairman of the African Union, the Ghanaian President John Kufuor, called Zimbabwe "embarrassing." These rebukes are mild, but compared to past silence or support for Mugabe, they represent a substantial shift...
Even so, the international community looks on at the turmoil and can do little. Sanctions such as travel bans on senior members of the party and government imposed by the European Union and the U.S. have had little effect. Mugabe has demonstrated time and again that he is prepared to destroy the country rather than give up power. South Africa, the big brother of the region, is the key to change. But President Thabo Mbeki has been afraid to touch Mugabe, who is still seen as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle in southern Africa. Among the poor...