Brussels, 02/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - As promised by Silvio Berlusconi (EUROPE of 30 October, p.4), a few hours after the European Constitution was signed in Rome on 29 October, the Italian government adopted the ratification of the Constitution, with Lega Nord ministers voting against, calling for a referendum. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini noted: the Lega is only challenging the modalities of the ratification, not the Constitutional Treaty itself.
In his speech at the lunch, the...