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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8565

17 October 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/epp/european council/igc
European People's Party insists on a reference to Europe's "Jewish-Christian" heritage in Constitution, Wilfried Martens says

Brussels, 16/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - After its traditional summit before the European Council, the European People's Party (EPP) hoped that a reference to Europe's Christian heritage would be included in the future European Constitution. We consider it necessary to recall in this text our "Jewish-Christian heritage", Wilfried Martens, EPP President, said after the work on Wednesday evening in Meise near Brussels. The former Belgian Prime Minister, however, had to admit that the French...

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