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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8222

31 May 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/external relations/commission
Mr Patten's letter was written before Commission communication to Convention

Brussels, 30/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Jonathan Faull, European Union spokesman, explained to the press in response to an article in the Financial Times that it was perfectly normal for Commissioners to write letters and e-mails, especially when they can't participate in the College of Commissioners meetings. The newspaper article said that the Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, had written a letter to colleagues in a rather "robust" language that was...

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