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Italy, Spain, Malta, Poland and Slovakia are expected to continue the fight for an explicit reference to Christianity (Photo: EUobserver)

IGC to carry on Christianity debate

The wording of the preamble for the EU's Constitution, has been already changed twice, and is still causing hot debate among several members of the European Convention - mainly due to the question of religion.

Subject to heavy lobbying - particularly by the biggest political family, the EPP - the Convention president surprised almost everyone by adjusting the preamble so that it speaks of the cultural, religious and humanist heritage of Europe as "values always present in its heritage"...

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Italy, Spain, Malta, Poland and Slovakia are expected to continue the fight for an explicit reference to Christianity (Photo: EUobserver)

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