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 reference to God in the Constitution. But I feel that Christian traditions and values will be recognised", he said. These words were then contradicted by the Irish Minister for European Affairs, Dick Roche, who told journalists that he felt it was much too soon to be talking of agreement on such a sensitive issue. On Sunday, following his meeting with Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop as part of talks on the finalisation of the IGC, Mr Ahern did a U-turn on his statement from Saturday, telling the press that the agreement related to the reference to religious values, rather than Christianity: "As you know, there is a reference to religious values [in the draft Constitution]. I do not believe that there will be a reference to God. I believe that the wording will stay as it is now. It could be changed slightly, but I do not think it will change much. I know that some countries are keeping this question open, but this is not a subject that has been raised much with me over the last few weeks".