Ahern ‘intent’ on saving EU constitution

TAOISEACH BERTIE AHERN will begin work immediately on trying to get the new European Constitution back on track.

After the spectacular collapse of the inter-governmental conference in Brussels at the weekend, as the incoming president he was asked to prepare a report on exactly where the document stands.

His work over coming months will prove crucial in preventing the EU’s fracture into a two-speed union, as threatened by France and Germany.