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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9650

25 April 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement
France gets rid of referendum obligation for ratifying future accessions

Brussels, 24/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 23 April, the French government adopted a draft constitutional revision which, if approved by parliament, will get rid of the obligation to submit any further EU enlargement to a referendum in France. This provision, introduced during a previous revision of the Constitution in 2005 at the request of Jacques Chirac, particularly targeted Turkey. In the future, the French president will again have the right to ratify new accessions either by referendum...

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