With EU member states expecting to get the final draft of the entire Berlin declaration to mark the bloc's 50th birthday on Wednesday (21 March), some delegations have criticised the secrecy of its drafting and urged the German presidency to handle the forthcoming talks on the EU constitution differently.
Berlin on Monday sent member states four passages referred to as the "Main elements" of the birthday statement accounting for about one fifth of the whole text.
They include a re...
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