HL Deb 30 April 2001 vol 625 c63WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the continent of Europe was last in the condition of "unification" implied by the Foreign Secretary when he referred to "the reunification of Europe" in his Explanatory Memorandum on the Treaty of Nice. [HL1728]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Europe has been divided for generations by wars and the Iron Curtain. Enlargement is an historic opportunity to end that division and entrench peace, stability, free markets and democracy across our continent.