May 2001 Vol.4, No. 4

Contents Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African AIDS Crisis   by Cecil E. Maranville French Intellectuals See Germany as Potential Threat    by Joel Meeker Reversal of Fortune for Two African Nations    by Melvin Rhodes To Tell the Truth    by Darris McNeely In Brief...World News Review    by Cecil E. Maranville, Ken Martin and Darris McNeely This is the Way...What's on the Front Page of Your Mind?    by Robin Webber In Brief... World News Review Radical Changes in EU Constitution Would Create a Strong Parliament Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will push for a radical restructuring of the European Union's governing institutions to create a centralized EU government with a two-chamber parliament and expanded powers, a spokeswoman for his party said on April 29. Mr. Schroeder's plan, if accepted in an EU constitutional convention in 2004, would lay the foundations for what the most ardent integrationists see as an eventual United States of Europe. The proposal is meant to advance a postwar dream of European political unification and reflects Berlin's efforts to carve a greater German leadership role in Europe, EU analysts said. But the notion of a unified Europe, which inevitably would dilute the authority of national governments and parliaments, remains a flash point of deep division within the 15-nation bloc and would take years to implement. The leadership of the governing Social Democratic Party, which Mr. Schroeder heads, outlined its blueprint for Europe's future in an internal party document, the newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported in its April 30, 2001, edition. Grit Auerswald, spokeswoman for the party, confirmed the report Sunday and said that the party's national board would review the paper on May 7 and present it at the party's annual convention in November. The German vision is likely to receive a hostile reaction from Britain, which has not yet joined the 12-nation common currency and exhibits a popular distrust of a European "superstate." Analysts said that Mr. Schroeder's plan was likely to go beyond the aims of the French political elite, who want to retain a greater degree of national influence but who also support a future EU constitution in some form. The Danish, Swedish and Finnish governments also are likely to give it a cool reception, EU analysts said. Spain, too, will not likely endorse this idea. 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