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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8772

27 August 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/dutch presidency
Bernard Bot calls for a European social contract - Some powers could be transferred back to national level - European consultative referendum

Brussels, 26/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - In an article in the Financial Times on Thursday, the President of the Council, Bernard Bot, calls for self-restraint in decision-making at EU level, since 'many citizens see the social contract with their governments being eroded by the transfer of power to the EU. At the same time, they see that there is no corresponding European social contract, at least not one in which they, as citizens and parties to the contract, are taken seriously.' The Dutch...

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