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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8011

21 July 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belgian presidency

20/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, King Albert II devoted his traditional speech on the occasion of the national holiday to the Belgian EU Presidency. He felt that the debate on EU enlargement should be the subject of very wide consultation involving public opinion. In the context of the debate on the future of Europe, he declared: "This vast task, that will later result in a new treaty, should avoid the pitfalls of ill-understood uniformisation, where all specific features are effaced....

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