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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8959

2 June 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution
Netherlands go to polls over Constitution on Wednesday - Final polls suggest 'No' vote

Brussels, 01/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - Three days after the French 'Non', the Netherlands organised a referendum on 1 June on the European Constitution (the first referendum in the Netherlands in two centuries). The final polls suggested the No vote would get about 60% of the vote, and on television on Tuesday evening, Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende appealed to Dutch voters to vote Yes to get the economy going. He said the future of the Netherlands lay in Europe, but said he...

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