23/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - German Social Democrat Jo Leinen, MEP and President of the Union of European Federalists, welcomed the remarks by Chancellor Schröder who, speaking before the Bertelsmann Foundation last week, said he was in favour of a European Constitution (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.8). Mr Leinen is pleased to note that the German government seems to want to make progress in the debate on the future of Europe. After the speech by Joschka Fischer in May last, the Chancellor's...