BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair challenged the European Union on Thursday to reform itself to meet the challenges of the global economy, saying the bloc's constitutional and budget crisis was an opportunity for change.
He told the European Parliament in a fighting speech setting out Britain's priorities for its six-month presidency of the bloc from July 1 that it was wrong to caricature the choice as being between political union and a mere free trade area.
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