French senators have rejected a clause approved in May by parliamentarians that would have made it compulsory to hold a referendum on EU membership of large countries, a move that targeted Turkey.
A large majority of the senators – 297 to seven – of all political parties except for the communists voted to scrap the amendment on Monday night (23 June), which they said was "discriminatory" and "offensive" towards Turkey, according to AFP reports.
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