03/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a public debate organised by the Union of European Federalists, chaired by Jo Leinen MEP, on Wednesday, on "A Europe of Nation States - or a federalc Europe?", the Vice-President of the Government of the Balear Islands, Pere Sampol I Mas, spoke out in favour of a federal Europe in which constitutional regions would find their place. Jo Leinen, for his part, said that these regions had to be able "to have a right of complain when their rights are being questioned", whereas Alain Lamassoure, European Parliament Rapporteur on the division of powers in the EU, considered that the regions with a constitutional status in internal law should be represented in the Council of Ministers.