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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8826

13 November 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution
Lithuania becomes first country to ratify Constitution - Controversial vote by Socialist group in EP

Brussels, 12/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - Lithuania on Thursday became the first of the 25 member states of the European Union to ratify the draft European Constitution signed on 29 October in Rome. The Parliament of the Baltic state, which joined the EU in May, adopted the draft by 84 votes to four; with three abstentions. The President of the European Convention; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, immediately sent his congratulations to the Parliament in Vilnius. Meanwhile; it has become very unlikely...

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