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Romano Prodi appeals for a Union Presidency of five years, exercised by the President of the Commission - reinforcement of European citizenship and the Union of peoples

Brussels, 16/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a speech to the Fondation Cariplo on 15 July in Milan, the President of the European Commission again defended the contribution made by the Commission to the Convention last month. He insisted on the need to give the Union a "single face" and redress the Union of States into a stronger union of peoples.

"A Constitutional Treaty appears to be the likely outcome of the current EU reform process; it will point out that the Union is a Union of States...