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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing takes a stance on ratification of the Constitution, the date when it is to take effect, its early application and possible cases of non-ratification

Speaking in Budapest last week before the EPP-ED Group of the European Parliament, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Chairman of the Convention that had developed the draft Constitution for Europe, logically described the essential content of this text and the progress that it brings along the road toward European integration. I have written “logically” because the EPP-ED Group comprises several new parliamentarians interested in hearing the master foreman of the enterprise. For our readers,...