French President Jacques Chirac could announce within the coming days that he intends to put the question of whether Turkey should join the European Union to a referendum.
According to French daily Le Monde, the President is preparing to change the French Constitution so that each time a country is to join the European Union, French citizens are asked their opinion.
This move would therefore result in a referendum on Ankara's attempts to join the 25-nation bloc.
The issue is...
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