Denis MacShane, the UK minister for Europe, has said that a referendum on the Constitution in the UK is unlikely before 2006.
In an interview with German political magazine Der Spiegel, Mr MacShane says, "We will possibly have a general election in May or June 2005. In the second half of that year, Britain will also hold the EU presidency. It would be difficult to hold a referendum at the same time".
Furthermore, he believes that UK...
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