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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8351

30 November 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/united kingdom
Tony Blair proposes a "team" for Council Presidency, with a "more permanent" President of the European Council - Against electing the Commission President, but in favour of strengthening Commission's role as guardian of the Treaty

Cardiff, 29/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - "Europe's leadership is too weak. The musical chairs of the Council Presidency produces inefficiency and inconsistency. The enforcement of European law is too haphazard", said Tony Blair in Cardiff on 28 November in a speech on the future of Europe. What should the British position be on that future? he wondered, answering: "we must end the nonsense of "this far and no further". There are areas in which Europe should and will integrate more, and it will...

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