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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7825

20 October 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/socialist group
Baron stresses smooth running of co-decision and announces proposals to reform EP, to make up for "democratic deficit"

Brussels, 19/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - Speaking this week at a meeting of the "Friends of Europe", circle chaired by Etienne Davignon, the President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Enrique Baron considered, concerning the "democratic deficit" in Europe and the upsurge of Euroscepticism, that this latter phenomenon could possibly also be explained by the extension of the Union's role, these past few years, "in areas more traditionally associated with sovereignty", and by...

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