61.   His team have seen the Clinton visit as a public relations goldmine that could yield badly-needed credibility and make his government more palatable to uneasy European neighbors.

62.   They see it as the only way to avert the sort of ethnic conflicts that have scarred some eastern European neighbors.

63.   Now some citizens such as Mireille Deloubens, a Parisian mother of five, feel France is abandoning its heritage by joining with European neighbors in the single currency.

64.   On Sunday a former French interior minister, Charles Pasqua, blamed European neighbors for taking a lax attitude towards potential terrorists.

65.   On Sunday a former French interior minister blamed European neighbors for taking a lax attitude towards potential terrorists.

66.   Such regular meetings would beef up cooperation between the two European neighbors, who regard each other as close partners in the quest for European unity.