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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8485

19 June 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/convention
Mr Cox to ask Thessaloniki Summit for EP involvement in IGC (which he feels should not unravel Convention text) - MEPs call for referendums - pro-Europe MEPs call for improvement of result, Eurosceptics for change in other direction

Brussels, 18/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Convention has arrived at a clear, innovative text without options, which "could work", announced European Parliament President Pat Cox at the Parliament's plenary in Brussels on Wednesday, warning that those who want to "unravel" the broad consensus on the draft should be aware of the risk of ending up with the lowest common denominator, precisely what the Convention had hoped to avoid. The intergovernmental conference should be as short...

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