Big three deny running the EU

Amid strong criticism from several member states, the leaders of the three biggest countries in the EU have strongly denied that they are trying to dictate European policies to the rest of the Union.

Meeting in Berlin on Wednesday (18 February), French president Jacques Chirac, German chancellor Gerhard Schröder and UK prime minister Tony Blair were at pains to stress that their meeting was open and that they would be informing the Irish EU Presidency and the European Commission of the ...