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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8530

29 August 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/igc/religion
Italian Presidency to test the waters at Riva del Garda over whether to mention Christian roots in Constitution - Poland and Lithuania support the idea

Rome/Vilnius 28/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to Thursday's Corriere della Sera, the President of the Council of the EU, Franco Frattini, is planning to take advantage of the informal “Gymnich” meeting at Riva del Garda on 5-6 September to check with his counterparts about the option of amending the Constitution prepared by the European Convention to make a direct reference to the Christian roots of the European project. Silvio Berlusconi has already said that he will be trying to...

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