French commissioner Jacques Barrot has proposed that single elements of the EU constitution be taken out in a bid to save the charter, while his Dutch counterpart Neelie Kroes has suggested the EU should should have a maximum of 27 members.
Both commissioners' remarks are contrary to the official line of the European Commission, which believes the text of the EU constitution should be preserved in its entirety, and which promotes further enlargement with Balkan states and Turkey.
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