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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8005

13 July 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/treaty of nice/austria

12/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, indicated in a meeting with the Figaro, that Austria will ratify the Treaty of Nice in the autumn. Moreover, she confirmed that her party, the ÖVP, is absolutely against a referendum over the Treaty (which is called for by Jörg Haider's FPÖ). On Wednesday, during a visit to Vienna, the President of the EU Council Louis Michel felt that it is very dangerous to organise referendums when we are not...

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