Joint parliamentary meeting on the Future of Europe puts enlargement in the limelight, May 2006

On 8 May 2006, the eve of "Europe Day", nearly 250 members of the European Parliament and EU national Parliaments gathered in Brussels to discuss the future of Europe now that the introduction of a new treaty has been put on hold. In his opening speech, EP president Josep Borrell called for a "period of proposals" to follow the "period of reflection", which was introduced after the draft constitutional treaty was rejected by referendums in France and the Netherlands.