"France Plans Referendum on Turkey only
By Cihan News Agency
Published: Wednesday 26, 2005
zaman.com
The French National Assembly has launched a study regarding changes to the Constitution that will allow France to put Turkey's European Union membership and the Europe Constitution to a referendum.
The package envisages that the French people will have the last say regarding France's decision on enlargements to the Union.
The four article package states that a referendum will be held for Turkey's EU membership bid, but not for Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia.
The 4th article says the reason no referendum is required for the countries mentioned above is that it would harm the development progress made during membership talks. "
ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2005012615972)