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The French Senate will start debating the constitutional reform package next week (Photo: Sénat)

French Senators may scrap Turkey referendum clause

The French Senate's foreign affairs and defence committee on Wednesday (11 June) moved to scrap a clause introduced by parliamentarians in May that would have made it compulsory to hold a referendum on EU membership of large countries, in particular Turkey.

The committee said that the provision introduced by the National Assembly as an amendment to a constitutional reform package "could appear to be directed against a friendly state and ally of France, that is Turkey," and is "likely to...

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The French Senate will start debating the constitutional reform package next week (Photo: Sénat)

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