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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8638

5 February 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/constitution/italy
President Ciampi encourages all Parliament initiatives to speed agreement before elections

Brussels, 04/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a letter of 4 February to President Cox, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the Italian President, has encouraged "any initiative" the Parliament may take to allow the European Constitution to be approved before the forthcoming European elections. Mr Ciampi, who spoke of "formal declarations, hearings and missions of good offices" (as proposed by the EP constitutional committee: see EUROPE of 22 January, p.3), feels that this corresponds to the "real vocation of...

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