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The EU constitution is "the best compromise we can get," according to Mr Svoboda - here with the Austrian foreign minister at last week's EU summit (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

Czech foreign minister backs EU constitution revival

Czech foreign minister Cyril Svoboda has suggested that a short declaration on EU goals linked to the constitution could be the trick needed to revive the document, after Prague put ratification on ice following the French and Dutch referendums.

"We should prepare a short text that would spell out to the citizens what the EU currently means to them," said Mr Svoboda in an interview with EUobserver.

"Such a declaration should not be another Lisbon agenda - meaning an endless text t...

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The EU constitution is "the best compromise we can get," according to Mr Svoboda - here with the Austrian foreign minister at last week's EU summit (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

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