Friday, 16 November 2007

EU polls would be lost, says Nicolas Sarkozy


14.11.07
EU polls would be lost, says Nicolas Sarkozy
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels

Referendums on the new European Union Treaty were "dangerous" and
would be lost in France, Britain and other countries, Nicolas Sarkozy
has admitted.

The French president's confession that governments could not win
popular votes on a "simplified treaty" - drawn up to replace the EU
constitution rejected by his countrymen two years ago - was made in a
closed meeting of senior Euro-MPs.
full article britanniaradio