Several former EU politicians have called for a "leap" on the European political scene to create enough impetus to see through institutional reform in the bloc by 2009.
A joint declaration, published in Florence on Friday (17 November) urges member states to "get back on the path to reform of the European institutions."
Signed, amongst others, by Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the architect of the frozen EU constitution, ex-German foreign minister Joschka Fischer and the former preside...
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