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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9570

21 December 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/treaty
European Parliament wants to include European symbols in Rules of Procedure

Brussels, 20/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is preparing to amend its Rules of Procedure in order to restate its attachment to the symbols of Europe (flag, anthem, motto, Europe Day), which were removed from the Lisbon Treaty at the request of countries such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which wanted at all cost to avoid any reference pertaining to a constitution in the new EU Reform Treaty. The European Parliament, on the other hand, considers that the...

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