EUROPEAN CONVENTION: CONFUSION OVER EPP DRAFT CONSTITUTION.

The institutional debate, largely dominated the EPP meeting in Frescati, where Elmar Brok's draft proposal was the object of numerous reservations and criticisms, to which he paid little heed in his public presentation. The role of sole Executive entrusted to the Commission, whose President would be appointed by the European Council and invested by the European Parliament on the basis of the results of European elections, does not enjoy unanimous backing. Particularly as Mr Brok on a personal note, has included CFSP among the EU's specific responsibilities and considers that the Commission should represent the EU on the international stage. Several EPP delegates, notably the French, Spanish, Irish and Italians, called for the creation of an office of President of the EU Council. Wilfried Martens himself raised the notion of merging the posts of Commission President and President of the Council...