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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9395
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi

Five factors could make end of year deadline for signing new European treaty credible

Is it possible for the 27 countries of the EU to negotiate a new treaty in a few months and sign it at the end of the year? I've expressed some scepticism about this on several occasions, given the obvious differences over its contents. Certain member states want to safeguard the existing draft Constitutional Treaty, some affirm that it is dead and should be forgotten and others want to add additional factors to it. How can the essential unanimity be reached in these conditions? The...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS