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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8969

16 June 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/constitution
At constitutional committee, majority want pause for reflection - Jo Leinen supports “Assembly of Parliaments”

Brussels, 15/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - During a meeting with the president of the Council, Nicolas Schmit (EUROPE 8968), a majority of the EP constitutional committee supported the idea of suspending the ratification process for the European Constitution in order to allow a wide-ranging European debate without this interruption having to mean that the process is at an end, a press release states. Committee Chairman Jo Leinen thus summed up the main positions, saying: - some MEPs suggest that...

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