British Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures during his final news
conference at the European Summit in Barcelona March 16, 2002 where EU
leaders clinched a deal on Saturday to break France's state electricity
monopoly in what had become a test case for free-market economic
reforms. Blair, who has been urging his EU allies to copy more of
Britain's free-market ways, called the deal a "limited but solid
achievement". REUTERS/Sergio Perez

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