Fireworks promised as debate over EU's future heats up

  • 2003-05-15
  • Laurent Barthelemy
BRUSSELSJust weeks away from the presentation of a draft European Union constitution, debate is intensifying on who will wield power in the new-look EU.Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who heads the body writing a constitutional blueprint, has challenged European Commission chief Romano Prodi to a public debate on his proposal for a new EU president.But Prodi had already taken up the gauntlet before the former French president presented his challenge in a letter, after first demanding a duel with the commission chief during a French television appearance this week."We can promise that there will b...
 
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