During a "sentimental trip" back to Brussels, the new Italian prime minister and ex-president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, said the bloc needs a new "simplified" EU constitution text, developed in a more "optimistic atmosphere" and acceptable to citizens.
"It is impossible to go ahead with exactly the same text," Mr Prodi told journalists on Monday (29 May), shortly after his meeting with current commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.
"We don't want to run a risk...
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