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Short Chronicle on the Convention - EU Foreign and Defence Policy gives rise to first true debate between Members

Several majority guidelines. The last session of the Convention on the Future of Europe before the summer break gave rise to the first true debate on one of the key issues of institutional reform: foreign and defence policy. For the first time, options were put on the table and discussed. Views quite naturally differed and it would have been foolish to expect conclusions to be reached, but some majority guidelines did take shape. For example:

1. Europe's role must be strengthened. There was...