EUROPEAN UNITY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 119, 1 March 1949, Page 3

EUROPEAN UNITY

Declaration of Policy DIVIDING BARRIER NOT PERMANENT (K.Z.P.A.— OoDyright). (Rec. 12.20 p.m.) BRUSSELS,, Feb. 2S. ‘The European movement to-day jiledged itself to the eventual liberation of Eastern Europe for incorporation in the democratic structure. The international council of the movement, at the plenary session of the inaugural congress of the council, adopted a declaration of European policy which stated that the barrier dividing free States from other European nations could not be accepted as permanent. The movement’s aim was union in freedom of all the peoples of Europe. The declaration recommended that Western Germany should be represented from the start in a future European Parliament, and suggested that members of the European Assembly should be chosen by the different national parliaments. Representatives from those countries at present enjoying democratic government should total at least 300, and each delegation should include parliamentary and nonparliamentary elements. The Council recommended that parliamentary representation should reflect party strengths in national parliaments.

The declaration was adopted unanimously.