Marketsare unlikely to wait for the EUto callaconstitutionalconvention, debate schemes forintegrationandnegotiate a text, only tosee it buffetedinparliamentaryvotesandreferendums.
Noda promised in August to call an election "soon" in order to secure opposition votesfor another key piece of legislation - his signature sales tax increase plan designed to shore up state finances saddled by swelling social security costs.
The airline argued that Unite had not polled its members correctly: some votes were recorded from people no longer employed by BA, and the callfor industrial action did not specify the intention to strike for 12 consecutive days precisely at Christmas.