Yeah -- I don't know what's going on. On one hand, it's logical that the EU should crack up, because it's not built right and we all know it. On the other hand, nothing at Tony Blair's level really ever happens by chance. The Dutch and French votes were shocking, but if you read articles during the run-up to both elections, they were both well-predicted. So what gives?
Blair was a big EU proponent so he could get to be the president of the EU.
Now, he's doing everything he can to distract from the current situation. The fact that he bought in to
the disaster in the first place leads one to wonder who he's been listening to for EU "advice".
The French vote was shocking because France was the main push behind a united Europe.
The French left realizes that the socialist dream will have to go to compete with Poland, etc. The French right
realized that sovereignty would go to the unelected in Brussels.
The Dutch vote is not surprising, if you have been reading about the somewhat recent social pressures in the
Netherlands.
Read further and you can find out that the Dutch pols undervalued the guilder when converting to the Euro.
That means they surrendered 10% of Dutch citizens' savings, etc., to go to the Euro.
What was shocking to me was the Dutch vote was nonbinding, but their PM will accept the result of the vote.