The first part of the future EU treaty has been unveiled amid disputes over the division of power among the EU institutions and worries that time for the Convention to debate controversial issues is running out.
"Reflecting the will of the citizens and States of Europe to build a common future, this constitution establishes the European Union, on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common" reads the first article of Europe's future constitution....
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