Britain's place in Rumsfeld's Europe

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sparked a heated debate when he described France and Germany as 'old Europe'.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2003 - 01:00

At least he and President Bush stopped short of labelling them 'medieval Europe' or even 'feudal Europe'.

Mr Rumsfeld may have been right to call France and Germany 'old Europe', but he would be equally correct in describing the US coalition partner, Britain, as 'medieval Europe'.

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