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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8606

14 December 2003
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
By refusing to tear the constitution apart, the igc has safeguarded what's essential - european construction is not blocked

Worst has been avoided. Among the three possibilities on offer, the Heads of government did not choose the worst, neither did it choose the best. In the order of preferences, the possibilities were a) an agreement on a good constitution close to the Convention's draft; b) disagreement on some of the aspects, involving the postponement of the decision; c) a compromise on a watered down constitution. On the evening before, judgement was almost unanimous: if the first possibility appeared...