Mixed response for EU constitution

  • 2003-06-19
  • Agence France-Presse
BRUSSELSLeaders from European Union states and candidate countries have hailed a new constitution as a hard-fought middle ground to unite the 25 members next year but signaled the draft text would face further debate over a barrel of sticking points.German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said June 13 he was "very satisfied" with the constitution, the result of a year and a half of wrangling between 105 members of the EU convention.He gave special praise to Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who chaired the historic convention, telling French radio network Europe 1 that the former French president had p...
 
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