Chirac considers early vote on EU after Socialist &#39;yes&#39;
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President Jacques Chirac was considering bringing forward the date of France&#39;s national referendum on the EU constitution yesterday after a resounding victory for the &quot;yes&quot; camp
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PARIS: &quot;Yes&quot; campaigners claimed a clear victory in a ballot held by France&#39;s main opposition Socialist Party on the EU constitution, a result that boosts the treaty&#39;s prospects for approval by French voters next year.
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The EU&#39;s new team of Commissioners has voiced confidence that it will scrape through an approval vote in the European Parliament, but the Socialists said they almost had enough support to bring it down.
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France&#39;s pro-European Socialists are jubilant after a party referendum on the EU constitution produced a solid majority for the treaty, boosting its chances to win approval in a national plebiscite next year.
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French President Jacques Chirac wants to change his country&#39;s constitution to allow for a referendum on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union.
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French President Jacques Chirac said Friday that France would vote on the European Union's first constitution "before the summer". "In 2005, you will have the future of Europe in your hands," Chirac said in a ...
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Sarkozy is ready to endorse Blair's demands in Europe - a move that may finally pave the way for agreement on replacing its constitution.
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French President Jacques Chirac said even though he supports to seek a referendum on Turkey&#39;s European Union (EU) membership bid, such a referendum is impossible before the conclusion of negotiations, which are expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete.
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Voting began in the first round of France's legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its hold on power.
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French President Jacques Chirac said yesterday he had asked the government to prepare a constitutional amendment that would require a referendum to be held on Turkey&#39;s accession, despite the risk that France could block its membership.
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PARIS  - In a boost to supporters of the EU&#39;s proposed new constitution, members of France&#39;s opposition Socialists voted &quot;yes&quot; to the plan in a ballot of party members.
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French President Jacques Chirac is calling for the lifting of the European Union&#39;s arms embargo against China, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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I welcome membership of Turkey in European Union and I support France President Jacques Chirac in that point , Pierre Leluch, France Representative in NATO Parliamentary Assembly, announced.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday he was willing to resort to an EU measure to ban genetically-modified crops in France if scientific studies confirm their safety was in doubt.
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France votes in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's party expected to strengthen its hold on power, clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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French President Jacques Chirac has said that Turkey could join the European Union - if it complies in full with entry requirements.
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SUPPORTERS of the European constitution won a significant victory in France last night when the countryâs Socialist Party voted to approve the document in an internal ballot.