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Christianity is a blank page in charter for a brave new Europe

POOR old Giscard d’Estaing. There he was with his nice draft European constitution all ready for the Thessaloniki summit on June 20, and what happened?

Christianity is a blank page in charter for a brave new Europe

Wed, 11 Jun, 2003 - 01:00

The smaller member states of the EU ganged up and rejected his plans.

They want the institutional balance already agreed at Nice, and they joined forces with those ungrateful wretches from the new candidate countries temporarily to block his vision for a federal Europe.

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Courts Columnists Place: Europe Place: Greece Place: Rome Place: France Place: St Peter’s Square Place: Ireland Place: Clogher Place: Western Europe Place: Eastern Europe Person: Giscard d’Estaing Person: Giscarded Person: god Person: Giscard Person: Pope John Paul Person: Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Person: secretary general Person: JC Person: Julius Caesar Person: John Cleese Person: Jacques Chirac Person: Jesus Christ Person: President of the Convention Person: Josep Miró i Ardèvol Person: Ardèvol Person: Pope John Paul II Person: Pope Person: Poles Person: John Paul II Person: Bishop Person: Joseph Duffy Organisation: Christianity Organisation: EU Organisation: Europe Organisation: Conference of European Rabbis Organisation: Catholic Church Organisation: European Union Organisation: Poland Organisation: Christian Organisation: Commission of Bishops Conferences of the European Union Organisation: COMECE Organisation: Church Organisation: Turkey

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