Former French prime minister Lionel Jospin will tomorrow (23 September) declare his eagerly-awaited position on the referendum on the Constitution in an opinion piece in Le Nouvel Observateur.
A noted pro-European, Mr Jospin is expected by most to campaign for a 'yes' vote with many commentators pointing to a speech he made this summer in which he said, "I am French, I feel European".
In the same speech, he praised the EU as "perhaps the first power which is not a dominating powe...
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