24/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Italian President has appointed Emilio Colombo as a life senator. Emilio Colombo has been active throughout his political career with the European project. In 1977 he was elected President of the European Parliament, which he headed at the time of the first European elections under direct universal suffrage. Following that, within the EP, he was rapporteur for the 1989 Constitution project (which the Maastricht Treaty was based on). As Prime Minister, Foreign...