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European Union (Amendment) Bill

When the votes were held in France and the Netherlands and the constitutional treaty as it stood was stopped, the Germans decided under their presidency to hold all these discussions again and sent round a letter—its existence was denied, but it did exist—to all the Governments, including the British Government, asking how best to resuscitate the process. One question asked was:"““How do you assess the proposal made by some member states””—" that must have included the UK—"““using different terminology without changing the legal substance, for example with regard to the title of the treaty””?" How did the Her Majesty’s Government respond?