French referendum: analysis and consequences

[Gustaf]

This definitely spells trouble for the EU. The Dutch will certainly vote no, I saw a poll indicating that a no-vote is possible even in Luxembourg. The conastitution is thus certainly dead. How on earth they're gonna rewrite it I don't know. The French wants it to be less liberal, the British wants it to be more liberal. I expect European integration to be on hold for a while now.

[Gustaf]

This definitely spells trouble for the EU. The Dutch will certainly vote no, I saw a poll indicating that a no-vote is possible even in Luxembourg. The conastitution is thus certainly dead. How on earth they're gonna rewrite it I don't know. The French wants it to be less liberal, the British wants it to be more liberal. I expect European integration to be on hold for a while now.

Probably not. We already got the Nice-treaty, which basically is a constitution, only a messier one, where the power structures are more clouded and the rights of the citizen less wellprotected.

Probably not be on-hold? If they couldn't get this through it's inlukely that the EU will convince the population of any further European integration. It can be done undemocratically, of course, but that would create a big back-lash. And the Nice-treaty is no constitution. It has no fundamental rights, purposes etc.

[Gustaf]

I haven't a clear opinion about the constitution, but it's damn good that influence of Frenchmen in the EU decreased remarkably as the result of the referendum!

Are you sure you aren't British?

If I weren't Finnish I'd be British.

I could say the same thing.

Huck, you should definitely oppose it. Any conservative should.