The CER guide to the Brussels summit
Written by Steven Everts, Heather Grabbe, Daniel Keohane, Alasdair Murray, Charles Grant, Katinka Barysch, 05 December 2003
It is six months since the European Convention, a gathering of parliamentarians, government representatives and experts, presented its draft for an EU constitutional treaty. Since November, the EU governments – the current 15, plus the ten due to join on 1 May 2004 – have been negotiating a revision of this draft, in an 'inter-governmental conference' (IGC). Negotiations are set to go the wire at the European Council in Brussels on 12-13 December 2003.
