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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9164

31 March 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european citizenship
1st Summit for European citizenship initiative urges for direct democracy in Europe - Campaign for initiative at EU level despite frozen Constitution

Brussels, 30/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - In parallel to the European Spring Council, the first European Summit for a European citizenship initiative was held on 23 and 24 March on the Brussels premises of the European Parliament. Several MEPs attended the meeting, promoted by the Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe (IRI). Among them were: Diana Wallis (ALDE, UK), former MEP Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, Finland), Pierre Mairesse, Director General for Education and Culture at the European...

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