EU united in dismay at call for Arafat to stand down
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002

(Guardian UK) Britain, in a rare breach with Washington, aligned itself yesterday with the rest of Europe in expressing dismay over George Bush's Middle East peace plan. It is the first serious rift on foreign policy between Tony Blair and Mr Bush since the Palestinian uprising began 21 months ago.

Ahead of a difficult meeting with Mr Bush today at the G8 in Canada, Mr Blair and the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, openly rejected US demands that the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, stand down. Patrick Wintour, Ian Black in Brussels and Ewen MacAskill reports MORE

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