1.   The Commission has many allies when it argues that enlarging the Community will provide the impetus necessary for closer Political integration.

2.   We have always seen it as a milestone on the road to closer integration and closer unity.

3.   With Germany, France has been the prime mover behind closer European integration.

4.   They may significantly reduce the projected gains of closer European integration.

5.   However, it has been the closer integration of the European Community which has dominated the economic development agenda.

6.   Concern about the outlook for European economic and monetary union has been intensified by recent economic woes in Germany, one of the primary architects of closer European integration.

7.   Even with increasing globalization and closer integration of the global economy, there seems little likelihood of any dramatic change in the lives of the very poor.

8.   France and Germany have enjoyed a very close relationship which has been the key engine behind closer European integration.

9.   He, more than any other leader, brought about closer European integration and the reunification of Germany.

10.   Major called the election last month to quell discontent in the ruling Tory party over his position on closer integration with Europe.