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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8963

8 June 2005
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Italian raving - return to threats of veto

Ratification, no problem, but…Italy has ratified the Constitutional treaty without any problem because the major political forces, as well as the majority of the opposition supported it. It is normal that this calm ratification did not make any waves at a European level. But the calm is just an appearance of one, as borne out by developments within the majority grouping: the foreign affairs minister has announced that Italy will use the veto with regard to EU financial perspective for...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS