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""It doesn't mean abandoning the project", says Mr Mandelson (Photo: European Commission)

'No' vote would not scupper EU constitution

Britain's incoming commissioner Peter Mandelson has said that a vote against the European Constitution would not mean that the whole project would fail.

In an interview with the BBC, Mr Mandelson said that if UK or French voters rejected the Constitution it would spark a "major crisis".

However, he went on to say: "I don't think it will be insoluble. What it will mean is, we will have to go back, look at the reasons for the rejection, understand why the treaty has not been embrac...

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""It doesn't mean abandoning the project", says Mr Mandelson (Photo: European Commission)

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