Matter of opinion

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Series Details 18/09/97, Volume 3, Number 33
Publication Date 18/09/1997
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Date: 18/09/1997

The Commission's September opinion poll comes to the interesting conclusion that support for the idea of holding national referenda fell from 63&percent; to 56&percent; following the June Amsterdam summit.

The accompanying europopinion comment suggests that this is an indication that people are generally satisfied with the agreement on a new EU treaty reached at the meeting.

But might it not be instead that the change reflects the fact that the summit was a damp squib, with few far-reaching decisions that would merit going to the polls?

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