14/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - In an article on the draft European Constitution published in the autumn 2003 edition of the magazine Affari Esteri, the former Italian permanent representative to the EU, Piero Calamia, stressed the need for the IGC which opened on 4 October to avoid "steps backward on fundamental issues" of the draft Convention, especially on "new openings" on foreign, security and defence policy. According to Ambassador Calamia, if it is to live up to its pro-European...