And BTW, if that EU constitution is adopted
I think you may have missed something. See post #3. I thought I was unambiguous, but in my joy may have given a different impression. I'm not for the EU Constitution.
I also think we are basically like minded. France is a big fish in an increasingly smaller European pond. However, the other fish in that pond increasingly have options to move to a bigger pond that France is not in.
However, the other fish in that pond increasingly have options to move to a bigger pond that France is not in.
Conditional agreement provided the Constitution is not adopted. Once bound to that Constitution those options are significantly reduced. Unfortunately I am of opinion Europe will adopt the Constitution even if it suffers a few setbacks.