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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution
Mr Ahern doubts Constitution will contain reference to God or Christianity

Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Irish Prime Minister and current President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, created some confusion in Dublin on Saturday by declaring, during a press conference on the occasion of enlargement (see above), that there was "agreement" that the preamble to the future Constitution should refer to the Christian values and traditions of the history of European integration, without any mention of God. "I feel that it is unlikely that there will be a...

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