EU constitution ‘won’t be ready for elections’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern admitted the European constitution will not be ready in time to be part of the European Parliament elections.

Addressing the parliament in Strasbourg yesterday, Mr Ahern said the shape of the constitution, which is designed to streamline EU decision-making, would be known by the June elections.

“We will try to have a lot of the issues cleared up before the elections.”