Xinhua - Austrian and Slovakia Parliaments vote overwhelmingly in favor of EU Constitution

Xinhua"Austrian and Slovakia Parliaments vote overwhelmingly in favor of EU Constitution

The lower house of the Austrian parliament voted overwhelminglywith a ballot of 181-1 to ratify the EU constitution treaty.

On the same day, the Slovak parliament voted 116-27 to endorse the constitution.

Wednesday's votes mean that 7 EU member states (Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Austria, Slovakia) have already ratified the EU Constitution.

A referendum on the Constitution in Spain won the majority support in February, but a formal ratification, by the vote of theSenate, is expected in the coming few weeks in the country. "