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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8505

16 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/malta/enlargement

15/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, Malta's Parliament authorised the ratification of the Accession Treaty, which had been approved by a narrow majority (53.6%) at the consultative referendum of 8 March. The Maltese Parliament's vote was not much more decisive, with 34 votes against 25; it also confirms the country's deep divide in terms of European integration, as all the MP's of Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami voted for accession, and all of the opposition Social Democrats voted...

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