JustasFranceandGermanytookanincreasinglypergentstandwiththeUnitedStatesovertheIraqissue,onJanuary3rd,2003,eightcountriesincludingBritain,Italy,Spain,Portugal,Denmark,Poland,CzechRepublicandHungarymadeajointstatementintheBritishTimes,appealingtoEuropetoactinconcertwithU.S.overtheissueofusingforceagainstIraq.Thisstatementhaditthatitwas