Strasbourg, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the EP adopted (403 votes for, 66 against and 81 abstentions) a long resolution setting out its demands at the summit of Gothenburg (EUROPE will come back to this). The debate, however, was largely geared to the Irish "no" to the Treaty of Nice.
Anna Lindh, Council President, expressed disappointment at the results of the Irish referendum, but ratification, she said, must go forward, and this signal must also be given to the candidate...