"Referenda could jeopardise Turkish EU entry
In Short:
The Dutch Presidency has criticised Austrian and French plans to hold referenda on Turkey's EU entry.
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Brief News:
Austria is the second Member State after France that has said it would hold a referendum on Turkish accession into the European Union. The announcement came on 17 December from Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Sch�ssel after the EU summit had given the go-ahead for starting negotiations with Turkey.
On 1 October, French President Jacques Chirac asked his government to draft a constitutional amendment that would require a referendum before each round of EU enlargement. The clause would not apply in the case of the countries next in line to join the bloc, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia."
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