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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8920

5 April 2005
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The debate in France on the Constitution is timely and useful, despite (temporary?) advancement of the “no-vote” and the anti-Europeans' lies

Vive le débat! This is not the first time I've started with these words, but if I'm repeating myself, for which I apologise, it's because history is repeating itself too. Each time the population of any Member State is called upon to take position on Europe, a fervent debate ensues, which is, by its very nature, a positive thing: people get involved, most of them take the trouble to understand, awareness of European reality takes a leap forward, misconceptions several leaps backwards. This...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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