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The Senate is to vote on the text on 10 June (Photo: Sénat)

French deputies uphold anti-Turkey referendum clause

The lower house of the French parliament on Thursday (29 May) approved an amendment to constitutional reforms that could make it compulsory for France to hold a referendum on large countries joining the EU, in a move targeting Turkey.

Under the amendment tabled by Jean-Luc Warsmann – a deputy from the centre-right UMP party - holding a referendum would be obligatory to approve the EU accession of any country whose population surpasses five percent of the EU population (about 500 million...

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The Senate is to vote on the text on 10 June (Photo: Sénat)

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