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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8741

6 July 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
Prodi is in favour of direct election of Commission President but this will not be possible for at least one generation

Brussels, 05/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - Commission President Romnao Prodi said last weekend (during a visit to Helsinki) that, in future, the President of the Commission should be chosen by direct election throughout the European Union. "If one wants EU citizens to see the EU institutions as their own, then the day must come when this choice is made through election", Mr Prodi told the Finnish agency FNB. He nonetheless said he was fully convinced that direct elections for designating the...

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