Brussels, 17/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Visiting the European Commission in Brussels on Monday, the French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suggested that the European Convention take the fifth French republic as its starting point. He mooted the idea for the first time in front of EPP prime ministers meeting in Silvio Berlusconi's home in Sardinia a week ago (see p.4), but it was not greeted with much enthusiasm by Romano Prodi, who simply commented at a press conference that it was clear...