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European Parliament adopts motion urging EU treaty rewrite

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The European Parliament adopts a motion calling for the EU to rewrite its underpinning treaties, as requested by a group of European citizens who took part in a major public consultation. Roberta Metsola, the parliament's president, takes those in favour, against and abstaining by a show of hands, and announces the motion to have passed. SOUNDBITE

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