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To: Elsewhere who wrote (166823)	7/22/2005 3:09:35 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As usual great insight JJ. There are a lot of candidates. How do the candidates stand on fp issues? Is the fact that merkel is a conservative make her more supportive of American policy or do they all have to appease the pacifist and anti-bush electorate? IMO German people need a big dose of supply side and a reality check on fp. Doesnt mean they have to become american toadies but i feel they need to have a more real view of the world situation. As the Brits are finding out, appeasement or passivity in the face of terror cant work. Yes the world might be more dangerous because of iraq but terror was a fact of life long before iraq. Mike

To: Elsewhere who wrote (166823)	7/23/2005 10:13:28 AM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In a couple of years there might be a new attempt to hold referenda, this time maybe labeled "EU core principles". Hopefully the weaknesses uncovered by the "No" in F and NL will be addressed in the meantime. At least in France, I had the impression that the vote against joining had little to do with the constitution itself, and mostly to do with public dissatisfaction with their own French government, fanned of course by politicians hoping to replace Chirac and the mainstream right currently in office. While a clear majority in France voted against, it's well to remember that it was not "everyone" over there. The country is much more diverse than the simplistic stuff one reads here in the US would lead one to believe.