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9/21/05

Reuters.co.uk:No EU constitution for at least 2 years - Barroso

Reuters.co.uk

No EU constitution for at least 2 years - Barroso

The head of the European Commission said he did not expect the EU to have a constitution for at least two or three years but vowed his team would push ahead quickly with attempts to modernise the region's economy.

Attempts to introduce a constitution that would have given new powers to the European Union's executive failed this year when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the treaty. "In all probability at least for the next two or three years we will not have a constitution," Jose Manuel Barroso told a news conference. "That ... should not be a source of paralysis for Europe." He said the Commission would focus on measures to streamline European laws and other reforms to make Europe's economy more competitive including reform of the chemical industry.

""We don't want a mediocre, defensive Europe that tries to bury its head in the sand to avoid the realities of the 21st century," Barroso said.


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