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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8311

4 October 2002
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Short Account of the European Convention - A number of perplexities over Social Europe - Defence: Michel Barnier reveals his plan

National identities (and election results) to be respected. The issue that has livened up Convention circles the most over the past few days has perhaps been that of the "social dimension" of the future treaty. I admit I feel in somewhat of a dilemma over this. The Convention cannot dodge the social issue, as subjects such as living and working conditions or the fight against exclusion, poverty and unemployment are at the top of the list of concerns expressed by citizens. But the main basic...

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