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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8366

20 December 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Dehaene Report recommends creation of "European Representative for External Affairs" - In favour of transforming Commission delegations into EU embassies and creation of Union school of diplomacy - Towards extension of qualified majority voting within an "External Action" Council chaired by European Representative not taking part in voting

Brussels, 19/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - This Friday, the European Convention is to examine the reports by two working groups on external relations and defence. In its final report, the working group on EU external action, chaired by Jean-Luc Dehaene, makes fairly ambitious recommendations aimed at establishing a genuine common foreign policy. It responds to the aim of giving Europe a voice on the international stage, even though the group's preferred option is the intergovernmental...

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