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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8562

14 October 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution/defence
Tony Blair rules out referendum on Constitution and rejects idea of "European army" - French-British-German European defence project? - Strauss and Kahn in favour of referendum between Socialists

Brussels, 13/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with The Times on Monday, Tony Blair ruled out a referendum on the European Constitution more strongly than ever. In his view, it would not be wise to allow the government to be "convulsed for months" over a referendum, all the more, he said, as the draft Constitution does not provide for fundamental change in the relationship between British and Europe. For example, the British Prime Minister states, "there is no such concept called a...

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