Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, president of the Convention on Europe's future on Thursday, 29 May received the Charlemagne Prize for the "fostering of a United Europe" amid a barrage of criticism for his latest constitutional proposals.
Unveiled on Monday and Tuesday, the draft treaty has drawn fire from several quarters - not least because it fails to offer a solution to the division of power between the institutions in the EU.
It also maintains the veto in the area of common foreign ...
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