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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8563

15 October 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution/denmark
Citizens do not need referendums but explanations on the future Treaty, says former Danish Prime Minister - "EU must take initiative to reform global governance system"

Brussels, 14/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - Former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen took a stance against the holding of referendums on the future Constitutional Treaty, considering that, at this stage, the gap between words and deeds of political leaders and the level of information and comprehension of "ordinary" citizens was too flagrant to run the risk of blocking the whole European process of integration (the current Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has already announced a...

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