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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