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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8218

25 May 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Debate between Convention Members brings consensus for flexible division of competences, a smaller number of instruments and a mechanism for controlling respect of subsidiarity

Brussels, 24/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - As Chairman Valéry Giscard d'Estaing stressed at the end of the work of the European Convention, some guidelines are beginning to take shape from discussions between Members despite the still rather general and impenetrable nature of the debates over the past couple of days (see also EUROPE of 24 May, p.4). Summarising the work in plenary, the Chairman noted that no-one wanted major changes in the range of current Union powers but that there should be...

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