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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9265

15 September 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution/italy
Romano Prodi backs “Constitution limited to major principles” and wants to relaunch debate on anniversary of Treaty of Rome, probably with a Group of Wise

Brussels, 14/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - “I believe it is possible carry on from the constitutional project, but in a much simplified form. The third part cannot be approved as it stands. My personal preference would be for a Constitution limited to the major principles. Operational considerations, however, will have to be looked at. With the enlargement of Europe from Six to Fifteen Member States the instinctive solidarity which allowed decisions to be taken unanimously became difficult. In...

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