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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8261

24 July 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Giscard d'Estaing to propose creation of "People's Congress"

Brussels, 23/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Chairman of the European Convention, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, - who had insisted not only in Brussels but also in Seville on the need for a "strong initiative" so that European citizens recognise the Union's democratic legitimacy - states in a column published on Tuesday by Le Monde that he will be recommending the Convention "reflect on setting up a European Congress, that could be called the "Congress of the Peoples of Europe". Thanks to this...

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