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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8719

5 June 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution
Several “sensitive issues” remain to be resolved, and the chances of achieving an agreement in June are fifty-fifty, according to Mr Ahern - The Presidency preserves its discretion on the future President of the Commission

Brussels, 04/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - The chance of arriving at an agreement on the Constitution at the European Council on 17 and 18 June are “fifty-fifty” according to the President of European Council, Bertie Ahern. Speaking to the press on Thursday evening in Brussels following his meeting with the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, Mr Ahern refused to be drawn on the points which will, in his view, be most difficult to resolve. Mr Ahern explained that in the course of his...

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