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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9350
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/constitution

German Presidency to propose keeping the substance of the current text, says Steinmeier - Criticism of use of “Sherpas” - Calls for a “Treaty plus”

Brussels, 23/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday that the German Presidency would, “at the start of June”, present a proposal to Member States on the European constitution, which would “retain the substance” of the current draft Constitutional Treaty. “We need the Constitution to make the EU more efficient, more transparent and more democratic. The substance (of the...

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