Pressure is mounting on French President Jacques Chirac to hold a referendum on the European Constitution after influential finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy joined the clamour for a popular vote on the issue.
Mr Sarkozy, who is widely seen as a potential successor to Mr Chirac, said yesterday (9 May), "I do not see how it would be possible to tell the French people that the European Constitution is a major docume...
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