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French No Vote on European Constitution Rattles Continent
The New York Times ^
| May 31, 2005
| ELAINE SCIOLINO
Posted on 05/31/2005 6:51:53 AM PDT by DJ Taylor
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To: rwfromkansas; KalleKula
That is why even though one has already rejected it, it may not be the end. Ah, they just voted against it before they voted for it. Now I understand. ;=)
BTW, I do recognize that there may be another version of the constitution proposed. But the death of this constitution is not likely but certain. (Assuming that things proceed as agreed upon--which I admit is not always how it happens in Europe. That is why I said "European logic.")
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posted on
05/31/2005 7:55:45 AM PDT
by
Smile-n-Win
(The U.S.A. is here to stay--better move out of our way!)
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To: DJ Taylor
The very idea of applying a constitution as thick as a phone book to the various countries in Europe is as nutty an idea as the eurowienies can devise, a building block to one world government. Finally the frog population has some sense.
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posted on
05/31/2005 7:57:59 AM PDT
by
aspiring.hillbilly
(!.....ripped from the headlines.....!)
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To: KalleKula
So you are trying to say the the French would be NOT answerable to the courts in the Hague?
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:03:16 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: KalleKula
>> The question I am raising if when (if ever) a politician has the rigth to defy public opinion. <<
Absolutely... when the voting public has the right to use upcoming elections as a referendum on the initiative, or to say, "never again." Sometimes, a politican can believe that the public may oppose him on an issue, but that his support of the issue is consistent with larger themes which the public does support.
But this is different. There is no larger theme, the issue is whether the people will remain French, or become European citizens. And future voter disapproval cannot reverse what is done, nor declare "never again!"
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05/31/2005 8:03:59 AM PDT
by
dangus
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To: KalleKula
"If you mean the international criminal court then YES. "
And you don't see this as a loss of sovereignty?? Of course it is. The French cannot ignore the Criminal Court because the Government of France gave up the Citizens rights to it.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:15:41 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: KalleKula
They are already answerable to the courts in Hague - treaty or no treaty. "
Missed this part.
Bull.
If the French government hadn't signed on the Hague, then they would be no more answerable than the U.S. which DIDN'T.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:16:50 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: DJ Taylor
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:22:00 AM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: aspiring.hillbilly
Now, let us silence the globalists here in the US.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:23:54 AM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: DJ Taylor
That is the one thing you gotta love about the French, they are even more bloody-minded than we are. They simply do not give a sh!t about what anybody else thinks about them. They are purely selfish.
They may be surprised, I think their stock just went up dramatically in the United states.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:26:18 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Liberalism = Leninism.... Liberalism = Bolshevism)
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