McAleese: May God bless EU

President Mary McAleese said today Ireland was open to an inclusion of God and Christianity in the European Union constitution now being finalised.

McAleese: May God bless EU
Wed, 19 Nov, 2003 - 14:04

President Mary McAleese said today Ireland was open to an inclusion of God and Christianity in the European Union constitution now being finalised.

McAleese said Ireland would support a mention of God in the preamble to the 465-article constitution, which is expected to be finalised by mid-December at an EU leaders summit in Brussels.

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