1.  As Europe moves closer toward a single economy, the national fiefdoms are rushing to shore up their European position.

2.  Boutros-Ghali, however, is thought to be sympathetic to the European position, even though the EU itself has failed to unite behind a single candidate.

3.  EU officials said the appellate body supported the European position on other key points and predicted U.S. meat produced with hormones would never enter the EU.

4.  Japanese are liquidating European positions, putting pressure on the euro.

5.  Jospin has been accused of backtracking on the European positions the Socialist Party took while one of its former leaders, Francois Mitterrand, was president.

6.  Moments later, environmental groups associated with the European position began organizing a news conference.

7.  Such wording, if approved, would go beyond any previous official European positions about Palestinian statehood.

8.  Such wording, if approved, would go beyond previous official European positions and anything said up to now by the United States about Palestinian statehood.

9.  The issue has been a matter of some debate within the Bush administration with some State Department officials somewhat receptive to the European position and the Pentagon deeply skeptical.

10.  While French officials applauded the clause, saying it marked advancement of the European position, German and EU officials said the wording did not go far enough.