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Early French referendum on Constitution 'very difficult' warns PM

In a sign that the French government may be rowing back from their desire to hold an early referendum on the European Constitution, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has said that holding a vote in six months would be "very difficult".

Speaking on French television on the eve of the signing in Rome of the Constitutional Treaty, Mr Raffarin said, "it will be very difficult to do in six months", noting that "to send the text to the French people will need more than six months". ...

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