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Short account of Convention - Strengthening of CFSP is obvious, but methods raise many problems

CFSP is a priority but… Opinion polls indicate that Europeans place Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) among the priority areas for the future extension of European powers. The Convention President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, already indicated that an "operational proposal" on CFSP is part of this draft Constitutional Treaty, adding: it is crucial that the Convention leads to concrete proposals favouring a common external policy clearly perceived by public opinion. Moreover, in his...