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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8350

29 November 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/timetable/civil societty
Italy raises possibility of signing future agreement after 1 May 2004 - Permanent Forum proposes referendum on Treaty and enlargement in autumn 2003, and election of Commission President through universal suffrage

Brussels, 28/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Speaking to the press on Thursday, representatives of the Permanent Forum of Civil Society raised the problem of timetable that risks arising in the treaty review process. Thus, its spokesman Virgilio Dastoli noted that Valery Giscard d'Estaing had let it be understood, on his visit to Rome, that the Convention may not be able to finish its work in May 2003. As for Italy, which will chair the Council in the second half of 2003, it would like formally to...

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