Following a commitment by EU leaders to finish the Constitution by 18 June, the Irish EU Presidency has started to apply some public pressure.
Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has written to member states asking them to take a "positive and focussed approach, concentrating on those questions which are of real significance".
Mr Ahern has also arranged that the formal intergovernmental talks on the Constitution...
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