Paris, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the French National Assembly approved the Treaty of Nice, by 407 yes, 27 no and 113 abstentions. To complete the ratification, the senate must still vote.
In the Assembly voting against the Treaty where the Greens and the "Sovereigntists", while mainly abstaining where the UDF of Francois Bayrou and the Communist Party. During the debate, Valery Giscard d'Estaing said that it is in the name of the "project" and the UDF's European "dream" that...