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Unveiled: the blueprint for United States of Europe
By Stephen Castle in Brussels - The Independent
29 October 2002

The blueprint for a new constitution for Europe, unveiled yesterday, paves the way for sweeping changes to the EU but provoked instant British opposition by suggesting the bloc could be renamed "United States of Europe". Published by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the former French president who is chairing an inquiry into the future of Europe, the document raises the prospect of a massive overhaul of the EU to accommodate up to 10 new countries due to join in 2004. It lists three possible titles besides the European Union. They are: European Community, the United States of Europe, and United Europe. The outline document also suggests that all Europeans should be given the right to citizenship of the EU as well as their member states.

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