EU Federalists hit back at Giscard

EU federalists in the Convention on the Future of Europe have reacted strongly to recent statements by Convention chairman, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, on what a future Europe should look like.

Bruno Bossiere, secretary general of the Union of European Federalists, criticised the Convention president, for seeking to "make compromises too early," and of trying to find the solution that would "most easily be backed by member states ... before the assembley (convention plenary) has expressed...