Fresh proposals by French president Jacques Chirac to ratify only single aspects of the EU constitution have put him at odds with German chancellor Angela Merkel, who has reiterated that constitutional cherry-picking "does not work."
In a speech before diplomats on Tuesday (10 January), Mr Chirac presented his view on how to break the EU’s constitutional deadlock, a topic which has been placed firmly back on the agenda by the new Austrian presidency of the EU.
The French leader pr...
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