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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8398

12 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade policy/convention
Appeal for majority qualified voting and EP assent on main trade agreements

Brussels, 11/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - During a debate on the European Convention and trade policy organised by the European Policy Centre think tank last week, the British Liberal Democrat, Nick Clegg, regretted that the Convention had rather neglected the democratisation of trade policy and appealed for more qualified majority voting in decisions in this area, as well as the European Parliament's assent on trade agreements. Clegg pointed out that the European Parliament, (according to a...

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