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Draft EU constitution. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
Unveiled in Brussels on May 26th, the proposed constitution for the European Union (EU) was drawn up by the Convention on the Future of Europe (CFE), a 105-member committee chaired by former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Among the document's key provisions, reported UPI, was the replacement of the EU's present six-month rotating presidency with a chief executive "elected from the current batch of heads of state for two and a half years."
The CFE freely compared its efforts to those of America's Founding Fathers. However, the Eurocrats' handiwork displays none of the U.S. Constitution's brevity and clarity: The document is 148 pages of dense and often ambiguous bureau-cratese. It would commit the formerly free nations of Europe to carry out ...
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...CHAPMAN THE new EU constitution was heralded as...United States of Europe' last night...I think the EU constitution is the birth certificate...United States of Europe,' he said during...Government claims the EU constitution is just a tidying...politicians in ...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 27, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 4, 2004 700+ words
...vote for the EU constitution IT WAS a vote...referendum on the EU constitution next year. Mr...to integrate Europe in areas such...idea of a core Europe, he argued...conflict over the EU constitution has been bruising...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) February 26, 2005 700+ words
...JAMES CHAPMAN THE new EU constitution was heralded as the...the United States of Europe' last night. The Tories...the United States of Europe,' he said during a...Government claims the EU constitution is just a tidying...but politicians in Europe are more honest with...
- Europe Minister welcomes Lithuania's ratification of EU Constitution.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 12, 2004 700+ words
...2004-UK Government: Europe Minister welcomes Lithuania's ratification of EU Constitution(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11112004 Europe Minister Dr Denis MacShane...overwhelmingly to be part of Europe and today they have begun...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 18, 2005 700+ words
...from the proposed European Union (EU) Constitution - appear on screen, etched against a...that the new Constitution will "allow Europe to deepen the quality of its democracy...declare themselves staunchly "pro-Europe," have been the most vocal opponents...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) May 31, 2005 700+ words
...political reality is that there is no way Europe can go ahead while leaving France behind...qualified to answer the criticisms of Europe thrown up in the British referendum...unlikely to rebuild popular support for Europe if its economic reforms are always presented...
- EU CONSTITUTION: VOGGENHUBER AND DUFF TO DRAW UP EP'S VIEW OF FUTURE OF EUROPE.
- Newspaper article from: European Report July 20, 2005 700+ words
...present its own paper on the future of Europe in the autumn and the plan is for EU leaders...in the Parliament", Mr Corbett told Europe Information. He pointed out that the...agree a resolution on the way ahead for Europe following the summit. MEPs debated the...
