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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7627

6 January 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
In an interview, Romano Prodi opposes the "power of veto" and calls for reinforced co-operation - The freeing up of trade "must come from an agreement between Europe and the United States" in view of unilaterally opening borders to poor countries

Brussels, 05/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - In an interview published of January 5 by "La Repubblica", the European Commission President Romano Prodi asserts that "unanimity and the power of veto of each national government are incompatible with a large community of 374 million citizens at presently and 500 million in the future. No on understands better than an Italian that having strong institutions and capable of making decisions is necessary to avoid missing the great meeting of history." Mr....

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