The pro-integration armed groups, in turn, use this to argue that they cannot disarm unilaterally, thus creating an intricate situation.

CNN: FOR 'AUTONOMY' IN EAST TIMOR

On April 21st he produced a peace agreement, signed in Jakarta by Mr Gusmao, and in Dili by leaders of the local pro-independence and pro-integration factions.

ECONOMIST: East Timor

He was known as a pro-European who committed Italy to European integration and helped forge the way forward to a single currency.

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EU. Others said they were pro-European, but happy with the status quo, rather than deeper political integration.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Paradoxically the slow dissolution of Belgium, the most pro-European of countries, goes hand in hand with the (uneven) deeper integration of the EU. Belgium is facing its worst troubles just as the EU confronts the gravest challenge to the euro.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne