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MDHIAN 1391
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HINDUSTAN TIMES INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIME MINISTER.
FOLLOWING IS LIST OF QUESTIONS WHICH COULD BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED IF REQUIRED:
1 WHAT KIND OF EUROPE IS LIKELY TO EMERGE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
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2. DO YOUT THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT WILL CHANGE IN SOME WAY AFTER THE TWO GERMANYS HAVE RE-UNITED?
3. THERE IS A GENERAL IMPRESSION THAT A UNITED GERMANY WILL EMERGE AS A MAJOR POWER IN EUROPE. WHAT IMPLICATIONS WILL THIS HAVE ON THE SECURITY SITUATION IN EUROPE?
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WILL THIS HAVE ANY BEARING ON THE FUTURE OF NATO?
5. DO YOU THINK WITH THE POSSIBLE EMERGENCE OF A UNITED GERMANY,
IN WHAT WAYS IT IS LIKELY TO BE A MAJOR ECONOMIC POWER IN EUROPE? CAN IT INFLUENCE THE FUTURE SHAPE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY?
6. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE FEELING THAT WHILE BRITAIN HAD ALWAYS SUPPORTED GERMAN UNIFICATION IN PRINCIPLE, OF LATE YOU SEEM TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF A UNITED GERMANY TAKING SHAPE SOON. IS IT TRUE? WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOUR RESERVATIONS?
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7 ARE OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS SHARING YOUR RESERVATIONS ABOUT GERMAN UNIFICATION?
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