Outlining the debate in the Czech Republic over the EU Constitution is straightforward: there is no debate
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15 November 2004 y., Monday
Outlining the debate in the Czech Republic over the EU Constitution is straightforward: there is no debate.
At least, there is little real debate over the nuts and bolts of the constitutional treaty itself. Not yet.
Prime Minister Stanislav Gross, who leads a fragile and often fractious centre-left coalition, said in Brussels recently that the Czech Republic could be among the very last countries to hold a referendum. A referendum will probably be held alongside parliamentary elections in 2006.
Why wait so long? Analysts say the reason is simple: the government hopes that by 2006, most EU members will have already have voted "Yes".
Czechs, they say, will not want to rock the boat.
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