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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9321
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/constitution

Finland ratifies Constitutional Treaty

Brussels, 05/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - As promised, Finland, which will hold the rotating EU Presidency until 31 December, ratified the Constitutional Treaty on Tuesday. Fifteen Member States had ratified the Treaty before Finland. The clear vote by MPs in Finland's single chamber parliament (125 votes for, 39 against) is first and foremost symbolic in nature, because it is unlikely ever to come into force. Through this vote, Finland wanted to send a strong political signal before the...

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