The six founding members of the European Union will kick off a common reflection on the future of Europe, it has emerged after a meeting between French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt on Monday. Mr Raffarin who had also met the president of the European Commission Romano Prodi in Brussels, pointed to the necessity of a reflection on the future institutional set up in Europe, promoted by the six founding EU states. He insisted Europe was facing a...
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