Brussels, 11/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European institutions reacted to the rejection of the Treaty of Nice by a majority vote on the part of the Irish (53.87% "no", 46.13% "yes", for a turnout of only 34.7%). They stressed that the negative result of the referendum must not delay EU enlargement.
In a joint statement diffused before the General Affairs Council on Monday (see other article), European Council President Göran Persson and European Commission President Romano Prodi said...