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Local self-government - 26.07.2006
France ratifies the European Charter of self-government. All EU member states have now signed up to the charter!
The French Parliament has ratified, on 30 June 2006, the European Charter of self-government. 43 out of 46 European countries have now ratified what remains the only official text providing common norms to safeguard the rights of local governments across Europe.
This is great news for local government, says CEMR president Michael Häupl. Every EU Member State has ratified the charter now, it is therefore essential that the future EU Constitution or Treaty explicitly refers to the Charter and incorporates its key principles of local democracy. France's ratification brings to a ...
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