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ROMANO PRODI - the Commission president has angered fellow commissioners by writing up a draft constitution in secret. (Photo: European Commission)

Prodi causes confusion with secret draft constitution

Thursday saw some confusion among journalists, commission officials and interested onlookers in Brussels. Were there one or two Commission documents on the future of Europe? The answer was one "official document" and one "penelope." The latter of which no-one wanted to take any responsibility for.

Forced to show his hand through media leaks which got the two papers tangled up with one another, Commission President Romano Prodi finally admitted on Thursday that he and some of his commiss...

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ROMANO PRODI - the Commission president has angered fellow commissioners by writing up a draft constitution in secret. (Photo: European Commission)

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