PRODI CALLS FOR SLIMMED-DOWN EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY.

• Position: Romano Prodi - Brief Article

Romano Prodi, the politician leading the field to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italian Prime Minister in elections in April, has called for a slimmed-down version of the Constitution to be adopted. Speaking to Italian journalists in Brussels on February 3, the former European Commission President said that if the current Constitution text could not be approved because some member states could not ratify it, a new version should be drawn up containing only Parts 1 and 2 (which deal with institutional changes and the Unions core values including the Charter of Fundamental...