European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso appears to have written off the chances of the EU constitution being revived in the near future, indicating that the bloc will have to make do with its current treaty.
Speaking at the 25th anniversary of the anti-communist movement in Poland on Wednesday (31 August), Mr Barroso said "In the foreseeable future we will not have a constitution. That's obvious. I haven't come across any magic formulas that would bring it back to life".
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