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Union established a search committee under athletic director Val Belmonte shortly after Sneddon’s departure, and on July 17 announced it had narrowed the field to four finalists, all of whom would come in for interviews...
...final polish on his draft European Union constitution last week, former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing suggested a new motto for Europe: united in diversity. Some day, maybe. But not this summer. divided in anger would be more like it, or perhaps take your beach and shove it. Just when the E.U. is trying to forge a coherent identity, national pride is threatening to swamp the whole enterprise as the leaders of two of the Union's biggest members jump headlong into the summer silly season. It was bad enough when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi compared...
...VAL KILMER THE PRINCE OF EGYPT...
...than a year of debate about such lofty issues as God's place in a new constitution and Europe's role in outer space, the European Convention returned to earth last week with a thud. The grandly named Convention on the Future of Europe, led by former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, has been meeting since February 2002 to thrash out a new architecture for an enlarged European Union of 25 states. With just under two months to go before the body presents its draft constitution, Giscard infuriated delegates by unilaterally unveiling proposals for a radical overhaul...
...Giscard's Plan Is This A New Improved E.U.? Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wants to dramatically reshape the way the E.U. works. Here are some of his most controversial proposals: Create an E.U. President The President would be elected by a "qualified majority" of the European Council, which is made up of E.U. heads of government, to serve a 21/2-year term, renewable once. Presidential candidates must be, or have been for at least two years, an E.U. head of government Create an E.U. Foreign Minister This new post would be filled through qualified majority voting by the European...