31.   The powerful lower chamber convenes next week and is expected to debate the reform.

32.   His government said last week that it was setting up a constitutional forum in which different interest groups could debate political reforms.

33.   EU members are due to begin debating a reform of Common Agricultural Policy this summer.

34.   They continued working in urgent cases, but were also holding parallel round table discussions to debate the reforms.

35.   Italian lawmakers began debating Wednesday reforms of the electoral system used in regional polls, ahead of a vote expected to approve the changes.

36.   Reform is being debated in the light of the single currency programme and particularly with a view to extension of the EU to integrate countries in eastern Europe.

37.   The mark was hit by social unrest in Germany before parliament debates radical reforms to cut welfare benefits on Thursday.