- Hr. formand for Rådet, hr. kommissær, PPE-Gruppen afviser skarpt de seneste fremstød for at ophæve våbenembargoen mod Folkerepublikken Kina som foreslået af den tyske forbundskansler, Gerhard Schröder.
– Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, the Group of the European People’ s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats firmly rejects the latest attempts by the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, to lift the arms embargo on the People ’ s Republic of China.