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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8732
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade unions/constitution

ETUC considers new Constitution adopted by European Summit falls short of draft Constitution

Brussels, 22/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Constitution falls short of the text proposed by the Convention. In particular, too much attention has been paid to the British "red lines" (ETUC General Secretary John Monks denounced on several occasions the pressure from London aimed at weakening the Charter of Fundamental Rights: EUROPE of 18 June, p.5). At the same time, ETUC notes that the new Constitution is an "enormous...

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