The French Constitutional court decided on Friday (19 November) that the French Constitution must be altered before the draft European Constitution can be ratified in France.
The necessary revisions will take place at the beginning of 2005, according to French daily Le Monde, allowing for the possibility of a referendum in the first half of next year.
The Constitutional Court ruled that certain parts of the European Constitution that "affect the essential conditions for the exer...
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