Brussels, 14/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - President of France, Jacques Chirac, announced on Wednesday that a referendum would be held in France on the EU constitution, probably in the second half of 2005. During his traditional televised address on 14 July (French national holiday), he declared that, "Of course the French people are directly affected and will therefore be consulted…there will be a referendum, which is likely to be next year". The president underlined that the text of the...