Nice, 07/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Charter of Fundamental Rights was, as foreseen, "proclaimed" on 7 December in Nice, on the occasion of the European Council. At 15h00, the president of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine, European Commission President Romano Prodi and European Council President Jacques Chirac signed the Charter. But no speech, however short, was delivered, as the French Presidency apparently did not consider this to be indispensable.
Ms Fontaine told the...