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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (23172)	6/2/2005 7:19:09 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 80971

Gus > Hence Chirac's trick to shift the hot potato --and the ensuing blame-- to the people But if the popular view was that the EU Constitution was flawed, then Chirac didn't have a choice. Had he done the US "Diebold" trick and crooked the result in favour of a Yes vote, there could/would have been an uprising. I don't think the French are as passive as the Americans and Chirac couldn't take a chance. Meanwhile, and judging from the Dutch result as well, it appears the EU Constitution is in fact flawed, certainly as far as individual perceptions are concerned. Furthermore, there is no doubt that the EU with 25 member nations, and more on the way, is quite a different kettle-of-fish from what it was with only 12. Then, it it was almost an exclusive club, now it's a free-for-all where the interests of any particular country are overlooked in favour of the way the politicians see benefits accruing to the whole amorphous and faceless group. That is why I hear comments from both Dutch and French No voters that they are still in favour of a merged Europe but not in favour of the way it is being done. It seems they want their cake and eat it -- in other words, to belong to a great collective, but as individuals each with his own personality and individual nations each with its own self-interest.