SPANISH Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar Hosts the Second and Final European Union (EU) Summit of the Country's Six-Month Presidency Next Weekend Confident That the Political Tide across Europe Is Moving to the Right but Less Certain of His Ability to Influence Events within the EU

SPANISH prime minister Jose Maria Aznar hosts the second and final European Union (EU) summit of the countrys six-month presidency next weekend confident that the political tide across Europe is moving to the right but less certain of his ability to influence events within the EU.

Since the last EU summit in Barcelona in March, he has seen centre-right parties triumph in elections in Portugal, the Netherlands and France. Where once Aznar was isolated at such summits, a right-winger surrounded by socialists (Britains Tony Blair was, of course, an exception) now the centre-right core is growing ever larger.

But Aznar has had little success during his six months at the head of the EU in advancing his proclaimed …

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