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Date: 31/05/01
- Federation of Nation States - Jospin rejected German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's vision of a federal European state in favour of a federation of nation states.
- European Constitution - Should be based on the Charter of Fundamental Rights agreed at last year's Nice summit.
- Lawmaking - Groups of states should have right to push ahead with policy initiatives, without creating a "two-speed Europe".
- European Parliament - European Council should have the right to dissolve the Parliament in exceptional circumstances. System for electing MEPs should be reformed.
- National Parliaments - Should be more involved in the day-to-day running of the EU. A "congress" of national assembly representatives could ratify certain accords that currently have to be cleared by parliaments individually.
- European Commission - Some powers should be increased. Presidents should be drawn from the political group that wins the most votes in Parliament.
- Summits - EU leaders' powers should be increased, with meetings every two months instead of quarterly. They should approve an EU legislative programme every year.
- European Court of Justice - Ordinary citizens should have the right to take cases to the ECJ, and not just governments.
- EU Business Taxes - Should be harmonised so that member states cannot "poach" investment from one another.
- EU 'Economic Government' - Call for elected president to speak for the single currency bloc and greater coordination between the eurozone's economic policies.
- European Social Treaty - Workers rights should be incorporated into a formal treaty to create a 'Social Europe'
- Common Foreign and Security Policy - Wants to beef up role of EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana and to see progress on moves to set up the EU's military institutions.
- Common Agricultural Policy - Opposes moves to "re-nationalise" CAP, but says it could be "re-orientated" to favour quality over quantity.
Key points from Lionel Jospin's speech on the future of Europe.
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