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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7834

3 November 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sovereignty and democracy
According to Commissioner Patten, sovereignty may be shared if this increases the common good - Remaining outside euro is a risk - Reassure public opinion

Brussels, 02/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at the "Chatham Lecture" at Trinity College, Oxford, the European Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten turned to the place of his country, the United Kingdom, in European construction, raising the problem of sovereignty and noting among many Europeans, not only British, a feeling of alienation in relation to the project, which led him to make suggestions as to how to ensure greater "democratic legitimacy" for the EU. He said in...

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