Since this infection does not directly involve the brain it might not appear as a possible cause of epilepsy, but has been shown that meningitis can cause epilepsy, which would give rise to the possibility of developing epilepsy partialis continua.

With regard to Europe - or, more precisely, European political cooperation - as ever, it has been somewhat slow off the mark.

It also accorded formal recognition to the European Political Cooperation Procedure.

The process was initiated in 1970 and is now referred to as the European Political Cooperation Procedure.

That is why we were given a European political cooperation consisting of three elements: common action, common positions and the definition of a common defence policy.

Coordination in foreign policy had taken place since the beginning of the 1970s under the auspices European Political Cooperation (EPC).

The European Political Community must not be confused with European Political Cooperation (1970-1993).

Even on many international issues beyond western Europe, Spain prefers to coordinate its efforts with its EU partners through the European political cooperation mechanisms.

It was not, however, until 1987 when European Political Cooperation was introduced on a formal basis by the Single European Act.

European foreign policy was finally established during the third attempt with European Political Cooperation (EPC) (1970).

(1991), The Future of European Political Cooperation: Essays in Theory and Practice, Basingstoke: Macmillan.

We had years of European political cooperation, during which there were lots of ringing declarations, perhaps slightly too many of them, some weeks after they could actually have any effect on events.

The CFSP itself has its origins in the formation of European Political Cooperation (EPC) in 1970 .

It resulted first in European Political Cooperation and later in the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1992.

Justice and Home Affairs was introduced as a new pillar while European Political Cooperation became the second pillar (the Common Foreign and Security Policy).

Article 1 of the Single European Act reads: The European Communities and European political Cooperation shall have as their objective to contribute together to making concrete progress towards European unity.'

In 1987, the Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the Treaty of Rome that formally established the single European market and the European Political Cooperation.

The term 'EU' is used throughout although some of the measures listed were adopted before the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty under the auspices of European Political Cooperation (EPC).

When it comes to turning Europe into an area of freedom, security and justice, we are looking at the very heart of European political cooperation. We know, from our 50 years of experience, that this political integration is never easy.

Steps for a more wide ranging coordination in foreign relations began in 1970 with the establishment of European Political Cooperation which created an informal consultation process between member states with the aim of forming common foreign policies.

The Treaty on European Union was a lukewarm attempt at overcoming the differences in European political cooperation and to assert, as it says in Article B, the European Union's identity in the international arena.

The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a Single market by 31 December 1992, and codified European Political Cooperation, the forerunner of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy.

The European Political Cooperation (EPC) was introduced in 1970 and was the synonym for European Union foreign policy coordination until it was superseded by the Common Foreign and Security Policy in the Maastricht Treaty (November 1993).

The first influential summit held, after the departure of De Gaulle, was The Hague summit of 1969, which reached an agreement on the admittance of the United Kingdom into the Community and initiated foreign policy cooperation (the European Political Cooperation) taking integration beyond economics.

The substantive issues in the case revolved around the interpretation of Part III of the Single European Act which codified cooperation on foreign policy matter between the governments of the then twelve member states of the European Economic Community - referred to as European Political Cooperation - into an international agreement.