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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8504
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/intergovernmental conference

Italian Presidency wants Constitution agreed before December's European Council

Brussels, 14/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Italian Presidency wants to ensure that the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) gives the EU a Constitution in time for the December European Council. It is planning to achieve this by focussing on pending issues and not challenging the agreement reached by the Convention, aware that the road ahead will be rocky, given the reservations of Spain and a number of small countries unhappy with the Convention's outcome. Speaking to a select range of...

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