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MEPs are trying to make sure member states do not become too dominant in future EU decision-making (Photo: EUobserver)

MEPs see restricted role for future EU president

MEPs have approved a report calling for a narrow role for the future EU president, in stark contrast to the broad flag-carrying post that some member states have envisioned.

Deputies in the constitutional affairs committee on Monday (9 March) agreed that the president of the European Council - a new maximum five-year post foreseen under the Lisbon Treaty - should not speak for the EU as a whole on political issues.

Instead the person should be restricted to representing the EU at ...

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MEPs are trying to make sure member states do not become too dominant in future EU decision-making (Photo: EUobserver)

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