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Abortion gets in the way of possible EU Constitution referendum in Portugal

The Portuguese opposition leader has threatened to block a national constitutional revision, aimed at making a referendum on the EU Constitution possible, if the government goes ahead with an abortion referendum in June.

Luís Marques Mendes, the man who was appointed on Sunday (10 April) as the leader of the Portuguese Social Democratic party and main opposition party in the country, believes the European Constitution referendum is "an absolute priority", which should be held before any...

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