The very last session of the Convention on Europe's future touched on the pragmatic issue of spelling and grammar in the new EU constitution.
Convention President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who recently sent the French version of the text to the strict language purists of the Académie Française admitted that the changes made "very much improve the quality of the text".
He urged that the same procedure be carried out for all other languages. The treaty will be translated into...
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