En ce qui concerne l'effort conjoint et ce que rapportent les journaux italiens, je n'ai pas dit que j'étais seul mais que je l'étais le matin de la conférence de presse. Je vous assure que j'étais vraiment seul, parce que je me trouvais entre MM. Chirac et Jospin, face aux journalistes, et je vous jure que personne ne rêvait de proposer la Convention à ce moment-là.
With regard to the joint effort and the comments in the Italian press, I did not say that I was alone but that I was alone the morning of the press conference, and I can assure you that I certainly was alone, for I had Mr Chirac on one side and Mr Jospin on the other, with the journalists facing me, and I can assure you that nobody dreamed of suggesting the Convention then.
