8/7: [Edith] Cresson’s survival depending on the Parliament
28/8: Meeting with G. [Novak], European Patents Office, Munich on: relations with EU Institutions and Brussels office of EU Patent Office, software patenting, EU country patents
3/9: Meeting between Pat Cox (MEP) and [Franco] Frattini, Ministro per la Funzione Pubblica, topics discussed: Middle East - Cox says security reaction of Israel excessive and that Abu Mazen, President of Palestine shows moral courage. EU should support view of Palestinian movement. Frattini going to UN to talk to Koffi Annan on Iraq and Middle East. He agrees on importance of better and bigger role for European Parliament in Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), spirit of convention should be continued on Middle East and quotes Yasser Arafat who says the "roadmap" is dead. EU must maintain relations with Abbas (aka Abu Mazen ) sources.
8/9: Meeting between Pat Cox (MEP) and Polish politician
16/9: Meeting with Richard Sinnott and Jean Blondel: visibility, need to improve people’s understanding of EU’s work, EU environment tax
22/9: Visit by Pat Cox to Berlin: German economy, sustainable social solidarity
23/9: Hans-Gert Pöttering, Leader of the European People's Party-European Democrats, press conference: give [Eurostat] the highest priority, need for transparency
23/9 Bonn: problem of coordinating the transition from UCLAF/OLAF (anti-fraud)
3/2/2003: Rome: Pat Cox interview: 4 sticking points - voting system, religion (EU must learn lessons of Srebrenica), the proposal for a European Foreign Minister and Commission vis-a-vis the Council Presidency’ (with regard to responsibility)
4/3/2003: Press conference with Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi and Pat Cox, Rome. Cox says time to stop "endless tinkering and draw a line under institutional introspection". Importance of clarifying the Constitution and not unravel collective EU interests. Prodi feels a Europe-wide referendum is unrealistic
7/10: Cox draft constitution is basis for IGC and should not be changed. European Parliament and governments on same line. Bundestag vote on 17 October on package of reform measures
8/10: Pat Cox meeting with Archbishop of Athens. Reference to religious communities in Article 51 of the draft treaty. Archbishop says that Mount Athos is a symbol of Europe’s Christian roots

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