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EPP Group at Convention to present first draft constitutional texts in September - Seminar with Heads of Government of EPP family in November - National parliaments expected to have right of appeal before Court of Justice

Strasbourg, 03/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - CDU European member Elmar Brok, President of the EPP component at the European Convention, announced on Tuesday in Strasbourg that the EPP had decided to present the first draft text for a "constitutional treaty" in September. The text is a point of departure and will naturally be open to amendments, said Mr Brok. The decision was taken at the seminar held in Roquebrune from 28 to 30 June, with the participation of the president of the European...