login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7977

6 June 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/treaty of nice
France begins debate on ratification - Referendum in Ireland on Thursday

Paris / Dublin, 05/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - In the afternoon of 5 June, the French National Assembly began its debate on the ratification of the Treaty of Nice, on which it is to vote on 12 June. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine declared on Radio France Inter: "We have a treaty that can really allow us to broach the issue of the future of the problem of Europe. There wopuld be no debate on the future of Europe had we not succeeded in Nice to settle problems that were in suspense....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT