VOL. XLVI

No 7

17-February-2003

The Political Scene

Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix was due to report to a bitterly divided Security Council on Iraqs progress on disarmament shortly after MEES press time on 14 February. The rifts in the Security Council have now surfaced within NATO, where France, Germany and Belgium have vetoed what they see as a heavy-handed American attempt to commit the alliance to the use of force without going through the UN. And the EU is to hold a high-risk summit to...