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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8718
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution

Irish presidency pursues consultation to prepare compromise proposal - several "options and possibilities" are planned on defining qualified majority

Brussels, 03/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the Irish presidency of the EU denied that it had sent out a new compromise proposal on the constitution (as claimed by some news reports) but it did confirm that in the sphere of informal consultation continuing without interruption in all capital cities that there was "a whole series of options and possibilities" for obtaining an overall compromise, notably on the definition of qualified majority for decisions at the Council. Options...

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