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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8178

23 March 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Over 80 consensual speeches during first phase of hearing - Representatives of candidate parliaments invited to Praesidium - "Regulation" accepted but could be reviewed in light of experience - Listening to civil society in June - Youth Convention in July - Giscard d'Estaing, Mendez de Vigo and Hänsch express satisfaction

Brussels, 22/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, gave the press a summary of the content of the speeches (of which there were over 80) by members of the Convention during the general debate on the question "What do you expect of Europe?". This marked the first working session of the Convention, mainly noting that "very few extreme points of view had been expressed". Many Members affirmed that the Union "does...

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