"Dutch Constitution referendum gets final go-ahead
25.01.2005 - 15:21 CET | By Mark Beunderman
The final green light for the Dutch referendum on the EU Constitution was given on Tuesday (25 January) as the Dutch senate voted in favour of a bill allowing for the poll....The Turkey question
The Dutch cabinet announced on Monday (24 January), according to Dutch daily De Volkskrant, that it will campaign vigorously in favour of the EU Constitution.
But the Dutch state secretary of European Affairs said yesterday that the "no" campaign is "not without chances".
Atzo Nicolai said that the prospect of Turkish EU membership may well be exploited by the opponents of the EU Constitution.
One popular rightist politician who has recently emerged on the political scene, Geert Wilders, has already declared that Turkey will be at the heart of his campaign against the EU Constitution.
Other opponents of the new EU charter include the opposition leftist Socialist Party and two small Protestant parties."
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