The current split in Europe over the crisis in Iraq will influence the Convention's drafting of articles on foreign policy.
Convention president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing told journalists on Friday in Brussels that the presidium will "suggest that before putting forward national views," member states should look to the "common view" first.
He added that the system currently in place - which calls on the EU 15 to show mutual solidarity in foreign policy - does not allow member stat...
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