EU Constitution

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 20 March 2007.

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Photo of Geoff Hoon Geoff Hoon Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office 2:30, 20 March 2007

The hon. Gentleman appears to be confusing the negotiations and discussions on the future constitutional treaty with Sunday's declaration, yet they are clearly two separate documents. We have made it clear that we believe that the declaration should be a celebration of 50 years of success of the EU and should set out the way forward in principle. It should not, however, try to solve in detail the issues that will be addressed later at the June European Council meeting.