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Bertie Ahern - remembering the heady days of 2004 when he secured a political consensus on the EU constitution? (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Irish prime minister defends EU constitution

Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has spoken out against picking and choosing parts of the EU constitution saying it risks unravelling if member states simply take out the bits they like best.

"This finely balanced package, once unravelled, will be impossible to put together again", the Irish leader told European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Wednesday (8 November).

His words hark back to Ireland's time at the helm of the EU in 2004 when it was up to Mr ...

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Bertie Ahern - remembering the heady days of 2004 when he secured a political consensus on the EU constitution? (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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