"Brussels delivers blow to EU referendum hopes
By Stephen Castle in Brussels
14 January 2005
Tony Blair's battle to win a referendum on the European constitution suffered a setback yesterday when the European Commission said the document might have to be revised within the next decade.
The comments from Jose Manuel Barroso, the EC President, undermine one of Downing Street's central arguments: that the constitution will finalise the relationship between the UK and the EU.
At issue is the question of the voting system in the constitution which is based on the populations of member states. Projections show Turkey will be the EU's most populous county within decades, so giving it greater decision-making weight than Germany, the UK or France."
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