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Michael Häupl succeeds to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as CEMR President
The Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Michael Häupl, has been elected President of CEMR for a three-year mandate, on 14 December 2004.
At its meeting in Maastricht (Holland), CEMR's Policy Committee, voted unanimously in favour of Michael Häupl, the only candidate to succeed outgoing president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
In his acceptance speech, Michael Häupl identified three priorities for the duration of his mandate : First and foremost CEMR and its members must take the content of the draft European Constitution and translate it into reality. We are at the start of the ratification process and we must make it as successful as possible. We must convince people in our ...
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