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Portuguese MPs enable referendum on EU Constitution

The two main Portuguese parties, the majority-holding Socialists and opposition Social Democrats, have agreed a common text to reform the Portuguese Constitution, in order to allow a referendum on the EU Constitution to take place in September.

The current Portuguese Constitution forbids referendums on "international treaties".

The new text will include a special one-off exception to this rule for the referendum on the EU Constitution.

"We have agreed on a common minimum den...

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