French President Jacques Chirac praised the EU Constitution, warned against the consequences of a French "no" and insisted that the French should not mistake the forthcoming referendum for a "plebiscite", during a two-hour TV debate with 83 young people on Thursday (14 April).
The debate, shown live on national TV channel TF1, was Mr Chirac's "official" entry in the national campaign in favour of the EU constitution, ahead of the national referendum on 29 May.
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