Despite the fact that the European Convention chaired by the former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing did not make a reference to the Christian heritage of Europe in the draft EU Constitution, some governments still see room for manoeuvre regarding the sensitive issue.
At the June ceremony for the handing over of the treaty blueprint to the Italian EU Presidency, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi indicated four countries - Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland – as ready to ...
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