Eurosceptic MEPs call for fresh start

Eurosceptics from the European Parliament have proposed to start afresh the process of drawing up a new treaty, after the EU constitution was rejected in France and the Netherlands.

Calling themselves the Referendum group, their Plan D (democracy) has seven proposals "for a better Europe" and suggests the current treaty be dropped, as it is "dead" anyway.

In an open letter to the EU leaders, who start a two-day meeting today (16 June) in Brussels, the Referendum group's co-preside...