Brussels, 28/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Convention Presidium prepared a new series of draft articles to be presented to the plenary on 3-4 April. This involves the fourth section from the draft Constitution ("the democratic life of the Union"), which consists of seven articles: the principle of democratic equality of Union citizens; the principle of participative democracy; a European Ombudsman; European political parties; transparency of the functioning of the...