The French parliament has paved the way for a referendum on the EU Constitution by changing the country’s constitution.
Members of the Senate, the Parliament’s upper house, approved the bill by a sound majority, as 263 voted in favour, 27 against and 30 abstained.
The amendment makes it possible for the new EU Constitution to be legally valid in France, while its adoption will be up to citizens to decide in a referendum.
The poll is expected in the first half of this year -...
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