EUROPEAN CONVENTION: UK SEEKS TO RESTRICT SCOPE OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROJECT.

A dual consensus emerged at the European Convention's plenary session on October 3 and 4 on providing the European Union with a single legal personality and on granting national parliaments a greater role in controlling the principle of subsidiarity. This was the first time Convention members were called to rule on concrete concepts though the political consequences and practical application procedures have still to be set in the future draft constitution. Recognition of the legal...