Brussels, 19/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - In the night of Friday to Saturday, the European Union's heads of state adopted a declaration stating that 'the recent developments do not call into question the validity of continuing with the ratification processes' (of the European Constitution). 'We are agreed that the timetable for the ratification in different Member States will be altered if necessary in response to these developments and according to the circumstances in these Member States,' notes the document (released after bitter negotiations). Jean-Claude Juncker's announcement of 2007 as the year when the EU would reassess the situation regarding ratification is not mentioned. Instead the document comments: 'We have agreed to come back to this matter in the first half of 2006 to make an overall assessment of the national debates and agree on how to proceed.'
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