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(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/CONSTITUTION/EP: Ratification must continue, Borrell stresses, saying “it is not same thing if there are two, three or more or less than five countries that have not ratified” - Regret that summit envisages extending reflection period without limit in time and that fundamental rights agency has been taken of its agenda

Brussels, 15/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at the opening of the European Council on Thursday afternoon, the president of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, clearly expressed regret that the time taken up in discussing the future of Europe after the French and Dutch rejection of the European Constitution has not yet provided any answers. He also regretted that the Heads of State and Government seemed to be moving, on Friday, towards extension of the reflection period but without...