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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8893

22 February 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/SPAIN: European institutions welcome Spain's massive “yes-vote” - Disappointingly low turn-out

Brussels, 21/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 20 February, 76.49% of the Spanish who went to the urns voted “yes” to the European Constitution, and 17.43% voted “no” (67.8% of the ballots were blank, 0.86% null and void). While regretting the low turnout (42% although the government had feared worse), the European institutions consider the results of this first referendum on the EU Constitution are encouraging for the other referenda to be held in nine other countries (probably in April...

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