Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Some 30 groups participated in the convention on the European constitution, one of which was the Commission. It had representatives at the convention. The Commission signed up to the constitution. It had a major impact on the convention all the way through. I would expect the European Commission, which was part of the convention, would support its own constitution document in which it was fully involved.

As the Deputy will be aware, Commissioners actively involve themselves in such campaigns in countries throughout Europe. I would be glad to see the European Commissioners stand up for a document in which they were involved in negotiating. I would be disappointed if they did not do that.

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