Brussels, 11/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - In his comments on amendments proposed by the Italian Presidency to the draft Constitution (see EUROPE of 11 December, p.3), British Liberal Democrat Andrew Duff expresses his hopes that gender equality be treated as a value rather than a principle. He welcomes the solutions arrived at in the field of defence and foreign policy, but regrets the weakened powers of the Commission and the European Parliament in common external service. He accepts the new...