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The next European elections take place in 2009 - EU leaders are hoping the constitution question will be solved by then (Photo: EUobserver)

Pan-European constitution referendum unlikely to fly

The Austrian chancellor has reiterated his view that a pan-European referendum on the constitution is the only way out if the institutional impasse.

Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Tuesday (20 June) he said "that is the only guarantee of getting an answer to what is being asked".

He added that a series of national ratifications - like the current system which has been stalled since the French and Dutch rejections of the constitution last year - are "rather dangerous".

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The next European elections take place in 2009 - EU leaders are hoping the constitution question will be solved by then (Photo: EUobserver)

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