THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/austrian presidency

President Fischer in favour of European referendums where result would be acquired if majority of all voters and majority of Member States say “yes” - Emphasis should be placed on social and cultural dimension and education

Strasbourg, 15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - “It is to be hoped that everybody now realises that an EU of 25 plus cannot work ideally, or perhaps not even satisfactorily, with the structures of the EU of 12”, the president of the Republic of Austria, Heinz Fischer, told the European Parliament on 15 February. “We are now in a phase of reflection, but this reflection must be made visible and audible in order to give people the opportunity to agree with or oppose the ideas presented. My...