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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8404

21 February 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Bruton reactivates idea of electing European Commission president by direct suffrage

Brussels, 19/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, a Member of the European Convention, restated during a speech delivered on Wednesday at a Nea Demokratia meeting at the Greek parliament that, in his view, the "people of Europe, by direct suffrage, should elect the President of the Commission". If the President of the European Commission is elected by Parliament, he will be "subordinate" and this "would destroy the separation of powers that has been one of the...

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