THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/constitution

Basque MEP, Mr Gorostiaga requests recognition from stateless nations in future European constitution

Strasbourg, 04/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - MEP, Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso declared during a press conference that, "the European Union contains people who are not recognised and are denied their right to be a people". The MEP was speaking about the place of stateless nations in the draft European Constitution (also see EUROPE 3 July p 7). The Basque MEP deplored the fact that as opposed to previous treaties, the draft Constitution clearly asserts that the European Union is composes of...