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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8642

11 February 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/igc
According to Ahern: there are still between twelve and twenty items outstanding - Schröder: an agreement as soon as possible but "not at any price" - Chirac: more decisions by qualified majority

Brussels, 10/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - After a meeting on Monday evening in Dublin with Chancellor Schröder, European Council President Bertie Ahern felt that, in negotiations on the European Constitution, "there are probably somewhere between twelve and twenty items outstanding that we have to deal with, not just the two or three that are often mentioned. I think on each of those, some countries are affected more than others". A compromise is needed, but "not just a compromise for the sake...

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