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Dutch Government Rules Out Referendum on EU Treaty
Written by Libertas   
Saturday, 22 September 2007
Following legal advice, the Dutch government yesterday decided to rule out a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty (or Constitution to you and me) on the basis that it does not contain constitutional elements. Describing the far-reaching document as “an ordinary amending treaty”, Dutch PM, Jan-Peter Balkenende said a referendum was “not necessary and undesireable”. However, Dutch opposition MPs may yet force a referendum against Balkenende’s wishes as they did in 2005 when the Dutch people rejected the last version of this treaty. As it stands, Ireland remains the only EU member state which will definitely hold a referendum with pressure mounting on British PM Gordon Browne to also do the decent thing.

More at EU Observer and at the BBC .
 
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