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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8316

11 October 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ireland
Catholic church quite sympathetic to treaty of Nice, Dana Scallon still says "no"

Dublin/Brussels, 10/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a press statement on the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Nice (19 October), the Irish bishops now consider that there are after all, "more arguments in favour of the Treaty than against it" and believe that, "voting against it would result in overturning the European commitment which we have known for 25 years, a commitment which has benefited us".

Irish MEP, Dana Rosemary Scallon (EPP) continues to be worried by a treaty that she...

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