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"If you want the EU to deliver, you should want the constitution too," Mr Solana stated in Salzburg (Photo: European Community, 2006)

EU leaders seek legitimacy through action at 'elitist' event

by Mark Beunderman, Brussels,

A high-profile conference in Salzburg on the future of Europe saw the interest of leaders and intellectuals shift away from constitutional designs towards concrete political action - but EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned against sidelining the EU constitution.

"Legitimacy through action" emerged as one of the buzzwords at the "Sound of Europe" conference on Friday and Saturday (27-28 January), staged by the Austrian EU presidency in a bid to revive the discussion on the EU co...

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"If you want the EU to deliver, you should want the constitution too," Mr Solana stated in Salzburg (Photo: European Community, 2006)

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