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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8697

1 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution
Jacques Chirac speaks of possibility that a country not ratifying the Constitution should leave the Union after two years

Brussels, 30/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - During his press conference on Thursday, Jacques Chirac (yesterday's EUROPE, p.6) was questioned on what would happen if one or several Member States rejected the European Constitution. The French President answered: "In theory, if the Constitution were not adopted, we would return to the Nice situation, and everyone knows that is not satisfactory (…). At the present time, mainly among our German friends, there is the idea (…) that one could...

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