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Tony Blair talks at European Parliament; ENGLAND LondonEXTMS Joschka Fischer (German Foreign Minister) speaking to press SOT- it's not in Germany's interests to have this high level of payments/ on the other side, it's unfair to see that there was a lot of reform, the British agriculture cheque is also impressive if you look for that/ we all have an interest in shifting from the direct payments/ 50% of people in the UK and Germany do not live in big cities - we need to invest more then in business and tourism and infrastructure/ - the position of Germany is clear, we are in favour of a closer political europe/ I don't want to intervene in the British debate over europe/ Germany, together with the UK, were the driving engines for enlargement - there won't be an enlargement with weak institutions and without further integration of the european union/ we hope there will be a new sense of the need for integration- there is a growing second pillar in the CAP which is very important, we must not focus only on big cities/ Germany has no interst in having a high level of direct payments/ we know if we want change we have to have all the members together/ Poland, Hungary and others all have national interests and we need transformation but this will take time/ we view the forthcoming British Presidency of European Union with realism---------------------------------Clean Feed Tape = D0600659 OR D0600660 00:05:31:01 - 00:08:47:09 FX/FXProgramme as Broadcast Tape = D0600658 Order Ref: T23060525