Cutting down on verbosity

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Series Details 27/06/96, Volume 2, Number 26
Publication Date 27/06/1996
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Date: 27/06/1996

Summits can be wordy events. The final conclusions from Florence ran to about 50 pages in draft form, with 100 pages of annexes.

Too much, thundered Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who objects to the habit of inserting all sorts of wordy sentiments about things the EU's leaders did not even discuss. The final text came out at 20 pages - far more digestible for all concerned.

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