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What does the Hague want the EU to be?

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"What does the Hague want the EU to be?

by Johan Huizinga

08-06-2006

'The European constitution is dead,' so declared Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot recently. 'Long live the European Union', the cabinet subsequently cried.

FM Ben Bot, PM Jan Peter Balkenende and Article 1 of the draft EU Constitution

What on earth has been going on in The Hague since the Dutch said 'No' to the EU constitution last year? In France and elsewhere in Europe, politicians have started looking for ways to break the deadlock. But from The Hague, there has been nothing but a deafening silence.

Plans for a 'broad public debate on Europe' were called off after the Dutch cabinet and parliament failed to reach agreement on the details. No one dared to burn his hands once again on this highly explosive issue."

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