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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9432
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/netherlands

Cautious welcome to Balkenende's ideas, particularly on role of national parliaments

Strasbourg, 24/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - Understood by some, criticised by others, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who, on Wednesday at the European Parliament, sketched out what he considered as the possible solutions to the impasse on Union reform (EUROPE 9431), received the most positive appraisal from the left. British Labour Party member, Richard Corbett, affirmed: “You were encouraging, you could have come and simply said, 'we have said no to the constitution' but you were...

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