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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8858

4 January 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution/france/luxembourg
Referendum by summer in France - Grand Duke Henri to vote at referendum

Brussels, 03/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - During his end-of-year speech, President Chirac announced that the French referendum on the European Constitution would be held "before the summer". By accepting the Constitution, he told the French, "you will allow Europe to be more democratic, more determined, more powerful" and France to "have greater influence in the Union". Without alluding to the problem of membership talks with Turkey, Jacques Chirac wished to warn that the referendum on the...

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