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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9455

27 June 2007
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The new European Treaty is here - the difficulties come later

The IGC should be quite simple. The difficulties will come later. Negotiation of the new European treaty within the intergovernmental conference (IGC) will not pose too many problems, as the heads of government have nearly done it all themselves (see this column in yesterday's bulletin). The like of it has never been seen before. From this point of view, the German presidency, and Angela Merkel in particular, have been sensational. However, I am still mulling over a number of aspects. For...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS