French minister moots Transatlantic Treaty

A transatlantic treaty should be signed to reinvigorate EU-US ties, the French foreign minister Michel Barnier has proposed, according to Le Figaro.

Speaking at the 30th anniversary of a foreign affairs think tank in Paris, Mr Barnier said that in the post Cold-war world, the transatlantic relationship has become a "choice rather than a necessity".

However, ties still need to be better organised to avoid spats like the one that occurred over Iraq, he argued and he proposed that ...