France could re-open debate on Turkey referendum

The major political question of whether France will in future hold a referendum on the EU entry of Turkey and Balkan states may be soon re-opened for discussion, following the creation of a high-level committee on institutional reform by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Following a recent amendment, the French constitution obliges the country's president to call a national referendum on the accession of every single new member state to the European Union - a far-reaching provision wh...