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Friday, February 18, 2005

Times Online - World:EU truth has many faces as polls get rivals into a state

"EU truth has many faces as polls get rivals into a state
By Charles Bremner, Roger Boyes and Adam LeBor

AS SPAIN prepares to hold the first of at least ten national referendums on Europe's new constitution this Sunday, an odd impression is emerging: voters in each member state are being asked to ratify a very different document.

.....But many Danes and Dutch regard the treaty as a dangerous open door to Turkey, and Muslim immigration. The populist Danish People’s Party, in particular, is mobilising opposition by depicting the constitution as a vote on Turkish entry, although it has nothing to do with the treaty."

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