Translation of "toute l'europe centrale " (French → English) :

In any case, the European Union, and the Commission as part of the European institutions as a whole, reacted to the crisis, in particular, with a series of measures that responded to a specific concern which, in relative terms, were more beneficial to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Rail freight is forecast to intensify throughout Europe up to 2020, especially between the countries of north-western and central Europe.

(10) These countries are the members of the Group of 24, other than the Member States of the Community, the Republic of Cyprus and Malta, and the associated countries of central and eastern Europe, and participation relates to projects with the non-associated countries of central and eastern Europe eligible under the PHARE programme and such other countries the Community might subsequently decide to include.

3. Calls on all governments to instruct the operators of all nuclear or other environment-sensitive plant not able to verifiably demonstrate their complete Y2K compliance, that such plant must be at least temporarily shut down at the Millennium, and that in any case stand-by electrical power should be available for up to 60 days at all nuclear plant to operate cooling pumps and safety systems, and longer term back-up must be provided for spent fuel cooling ponds; suggests that the Council and Commission press all governments accordingly, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the NIS, and Turkey;

3. Calls on all governments to instruct the operators of all nuclear or other environment-sensitive plant not able to verifiably demonstrate their complete Y2K compliance, that such plant must be at least temporarily shut down at the Millennium, and that in any case stand‑by electrical power should be available for up to 60 days at all nuclear plant to operate cooling pumps and safety systems, and longer term back‑up must be provided for spent fuel cooling ponds; suggests that the Council and Commission press all governments accordingly, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the NIS, and Turkey;

Helmut Kohl, with the German in view and thinking ahead to the European, always also looked towards eastern and central Europe.