The Hungarian Parliament yesterday (20 December) ratified the European Constitution by 304 votes to nine. There were eight abstentions and 64 members of the parliament were absent at the time of the vote, according to the BBC.
However, the two-thirds majority needed to ratify the Constitution was easily achieved and Budapest becomes the second EU state after Lithuania to ratify the text.
The Constitution needs to be ratified by all 25 member states to come into force. If all coun...
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