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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9298
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution

Constitutional treaty should have entered into force on 1 November - Jo Leinen deplores fact that “Union is losing precious time”

Brussels, 31/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - A press release from the chairman of the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee, Jo Leinen (PES, Germany), pointed out that the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union, signed by all Member States in May 2004, but whose ratification has been blocked since the French and Dutch “no” votes in 2005, should normally have entered into force on Wednesday 1st November. Leinen pointed out that “Due to the vote against in the French and...

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