German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has upped the stakes in the EU Constitution talks by setting a deadline by which the new text should be agreed.
In an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Mr Schröder said "We have put on the table what we believe is right".
"We must see by the end of 2004 at the latest whether we can reach a decision on this basis".
The Chancellor was uncompromising on the issue of ...
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