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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8882

5 February 2005
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Constitution: VGE's and Mario Monti's thoughts on ratification

Different views common objective. The Heads of Government feel that there is no point asking now what will happen if certain Member States don't ratify the Constitution, because they are worried that if they do this, they will stir up reactions to rejecting it, particularly in countries where the decision will be taken by referendum (see this column of 13 January). But others take a different view, saying that the time is ripe to talk about it. In particular, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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