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Belgium would be the eighth EU country to hold a referendum on the Constitution (Photo: European Commission)

Verhofstadt wants Belgian referendum on Constitution

Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt today said he would like to organise a non-binding referendum on the Constitution in late-summer.

According to wire reports, Mr Verhofstadt said, "Europe is more and more part of our national politics", adding, "I want a non-binding, consultative referendum".

Under Belgian law, a referendum cannot be binding.

Mr Verhofstadt - a frontrunner to succeed Romano Prodi as President of the Eur...

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Belgium would be the eighth EU country to hold a referendum on the Constitution (Photo: European Commission)

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