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Procedures planned for the ratification of the European Constitution

Some of the information in this table is subject to change. In particular, certain Member States might decide to hold a referendum.

Member State	Procedure	Date scheduled	Previous European referendums
Austria	Parliamentary (Nationalrat and Bundesrat)	Approval by the Nationalrat 11 May 2005. *Approval by Bundesrat* 25 May 2005**	1994: accession
Belgium	Parliamentary (Chamber and Senate + Assemblies of Communities and Regions). Indicative referendum ruled out	Approval by the Senate: 28 April 2005. Approval by the Chamber: 19 May 2005 Approval by the Brussels regional parliament: 17 June 2005. Approval by the German Community Parliament of Belgium: 20 June 2005. Approval by the Walloon regional Parliament: 29 June. Approval by the French Community Parliament expected on 19 July. Approval by the Flemisch regional Parliament (no date)	NO
Cyprus	Parliamentary	Approval by the House on 30 June 2005	NO
Czech Republic	Referendum probable But no final decision so far	Referendum should be postponed to end of 2006-beginning of 2007	2003: accession
Denmark	Referendum	Previously scheduled on 27 September 2005 Now postponed (no new date)	1972: accession 1986: Single European Act 1992: Maastricht Treaty (twice) 1998: Amsterdam Treaty 2000: euro
Estonia	Parliamentary Referendum unlikely	Debate in Parliament confirmed for Autumn 2005. Public debate should however be held before the final vote.	2003: accession
Finland	Parliamentary	Debate of Parliament previously scheduled in autumn 2005 and ratification envisaged in the end of the year or the beginning of 2006. Decision of report of ratification process and presentation of a report to the parliament foreseen in autumn 2005.	Consultative referendum: 1994: accession
France	Referendum	Referendum 29 May 2005 negative (NO: 54,8%; turn out: 70%) (to be officialy confirmed)	1972: enlargement EEC 1992: Maastricht Treaty
Germany	Parliamentary ( Bundestag and Bundesrat)	*Approval by Bundestag: 12 May 2005.* *Adoption by Bundesrat: 27 May 2005.*	NO
Greece	Parliamentary But the Left parties submitted a joint proposal for a referendum	Approval by Parliament: 19 April 2005	NO
Hungary	Parliamentary	Approval by Parliament : 20 December 2004	2003: accession
Ireland	Parliamentary + Referendum	Referendum postponed. A White paper would be presented in September 2005.	1972: accession 1987: Single European Act 1992: Maastricht Treaty 1998: Amsterdam Treaty 2001 and 2002: Nice Treaty
Italy	Parliamentary (Chamber and Senate)	Approval by the Chamber on 25 January 2005 and by the Senate on April 6th.	Consultative referendum: 1989: possible draft Constitution
Latvia	Parliamentary	Approval by the chamber on 2 June 2005	2003: accession
Lithuania	Parliamentary	Approval by Parliament 11-11-04	2003: accession
Luxembourg	Parliamentary (two votes) + consultative referendum	Approval by the Chamber (first reading) on 28 June. Referendum (confirmed after the European Council) on 10 July 2005.	NO
Malta	Parliamentary	Vote of Parliament expected before 20 July 2005. Start of the debate scheduled on July 6	2003: accession
Netherlands	Parliamentary (First and second Chambers)+ consultative referendum	Referendum 1 June 2005 negative (61,7%, turn out : 63%) (to be confirmed later)	NO
Poland	Referendum probable	The Parliament should decide on the ratification procedure on 28 June. But the President already announced the postponement of the likely referendum that was envisaged on 9 October 2005 (along with presidential elections).	2003: accession
Portugal	Referendum	Referendum previously scheduled for October 2005 along with the local elections (preliminary revision of the national constitution adopted by Parliament on 22 June 2005) Government wishes to postpone the process (no date fixed).	NO
Slovakia	Parliamentary	Approval by Parliament: 11 May 2005	2003: accession
Slovenia	Parliamentary	Approval by Parliament: 1 February 2005	2003: accession
Spain	Parliamentary (Congress and Senate) + consultative referendum	Referendum 20 February 2005: 76,7% in favour. Turnout: 42,3%. Approval of the Congress on 28 April. Approval of the Senate on 18 May 2005	NO
Sweden	Parliamentary No referendum envisaged at this stage	Presentation of the Ratification Bill previously scheduled in Summer for approval in December 2005 has been postponed.	Consultative referendums: 1994: accession 2003: euro
United Kingdom	Parliamentary (House of Commons and House of Lords). + referendum	Parliamentary ratification process suspended (suspension announced by UK government on 6 June 2005)	1975: Continued membership of the EC

Updated: 04 July 2005