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Dismay after second poll confirms "no" will win French EU referendum
AFP ^ | 03/21/05 | AFP

Posted on 03/21/2005 7:53:01 AM PST by Pikamax

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1 posted on 03/21/2005 7:53:03 AM PST by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax

Frogs in a bind? Oh well, pass me a cigar would ya?


2 posted on 03/21/2005 7:54:41 AM PST by HMFIC (Fourth Generation American INFIDEL and PROUD OF IT!)
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Hmm, just maybe, these people are waking up to all the great benefits of socialism...


3 posted on 03/21/2005 7:54:51 AM PST by EagleUSA
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Maybe the French aren't so dumb after all!


4 posted on 03/21/2005 7:55:10 AM PST by In veno, veritas (This is not a serious post.)
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Holy merde. Does this actually mean there may be hope for the French?!


5 posted on 03/21/2005 7:55:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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C'est possible.


6 posted on 03/21/2005 7:57:32 AM PST by Bahbah
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every time I read the phrase European Union in full, I can't help but read Soviet Union. You too?


7 posted on 03/21/2005 7:58:57 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Bahbah

Incroyable!


8 posted on 03/21/2005 7:59:03 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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I think reality smacked them right in the grill.

As the Duke would say (to the French), "Life is hard enough without going through it Lazy AND Stupid."


9 posted on 03/21/2005 7:59:18 AM PST by HMFIC (Fourth Generation American INFIDEL and PROUD OF IT!)
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LOL! Well, where there's life, there's hope :) Even for the French!


10 posted on 03/21/2005 8:00:29 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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I wish the story had told us when the vote is to be held.


11 posted on 03/21/2005 8:00:32 AM PST by Dog Gone
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Consternation gripped the government of President Jacques Chirac.

Why can't I stop smiling after reading that sentence?

12 posted on 03/21/2005 8:01:09 AM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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Just do it Froggies. Show some spine. The Chirac faction will probably try to rig the vote. Same as our Donks.


13 posted on 03/21/2005 8:01:30 AM PST by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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I wish the story had told us when the vote is to be held.

I suspect now that it may be subject to change without notice...

14 posted on 03/21/2005 8:01:32 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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Don't know which outcome I should root for in this laugher. On the one hand, it sure would be funny as heck to see Frenchie vote down the constitution and watch Chirac squirm like the weasel he is. But on the other hand, it would be just as comical to see all those EU countries try to live under a single constitution with all their social/cultural differences.


15 posted on 03/21/2005 8:02:49 AM PST by rhc2000
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To: Dog Gone
The Ipsos survey in Le Figaro newspaper showed 52 percent preparing to vote "no" on May 29,
16 posted on 03/21/2005 8:03:09 AM PST by Republican Red (DU: ''Reality sucks. That's the problem. We want another reality.'')
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Having not read the document, I can still speculate - it's fun! The new Consittution probably puts some onus on the party countries for their own defense or a unified European defense. Perhaps the French see the benefit of a US protective umbrella for which they have no financial responsibility.


17 posted on 03/21/2005 8:03:10 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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Hmm, just maybe, these people are waking up to all the great benefits of socialism...

They see the E.U. as a threat to their social economy, they rightly think that companies will locate to central Europe where people actually work and have lower social costs added.
18 posted on 03/21/2005 8:05:58 AM PST by tjwmason (For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
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To: Dog Gone

Early in May


19 posted on 03/21/2005 8:07:19 AM PST by northernlightsII
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To: Pikamax

The entirety of Europe is like a continent-sized version of any US state's Division of Motor Vehicles.


20 posted on 03/21/2005 8:08:30 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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