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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8712

26 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/constitution
Duff exposes "weakness of arguments" in British red lines and criticises Straw

Brussels, 25/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The British MEP who led the Liberal group at the European Convention, Andrew Duff, has criticised the "feebleness" of the basis of the British government's famous "red lines" during IGC negotiations on the European constitution. In an article published by the Financial Times online service, FT.com, Duff attributes a large part of the responsibility to the foreign affairs minister, Jack Straw, who, according to Duff, is not interested in European affairs...

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