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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8618

8 January 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: When and how should negotiation on the Constitution be resumed?

The European Parliament took an energetic stance in favour of rapid, if not immediate, resumption of the work of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the Constitution for Europe. The new Council Presidency and some governments, however, recommend caution and the advice given by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is to wait until the second term for official negotiation. There are many factors to be taken into consideration, largely exceeding procedural issues. It is a matter of what the content...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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