[Shortwave]

"The French voters have today, Sunday 29 May, chosen to say no to the ratification of the Constitutional treaty. We take note of this.

In other words, "Noted, but we're going to cram down your throats anyway!"

[angelanddevil2]

In other words, "Noted, but we're going to cram down your throats anyway!"


I agree. It also says that countries representing 49% of the European population have already accepted the treaty. But only one with a referendum!!!! (Spain). The other countries made their people eat it whether they wanted it or not!.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"Europe has already known difficult moments and it has every time emerged from them strengthened, better than before, ready to face its challenges and its responsibilities."

Hey, EU! Who helped Europe emerge every time from its "difficult moments"??? (Hint to EU: Over here, we're observing something called Memorial Day...)

[xJones]

The result of the French referendum deserves a profound analysis, in the first instance, on the part of the French authorities.

Translation: "Hey, Chirac! You screwed up!"

[riri]

OMG! We make note of this? Oh jeesh, what has Europe gotten itsel into this time?

[Muleteam1]

This sounds so much like the media analyses we saw of the Red States after the last election.

Muleteam1

[SmithL]

They're ready to bring the entire weight of the EuroweenieOnion down on Ch'Iraq.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I read blah, blah, blah..this is no democracy so what you did was for nothing as we will make the EU anyway so we can become a subordinate of the UN at any and all costs. blah, blah blah

Or maybe I was just reading into it too much.

[drt1]

Spoken in the true and peculiar vernacular of the Globalist Elites. They are only wondering how they can 'Educate' the masses to accept what, to them, is the obvious.

To them, anyone failing to understand these things is ignorant and in need of education. Therefore, the failure is not one of the philosophy of the EU itself but, rather, it is their failure to properly present it to the unwashed so they could understand it and, once properly understood, would f course,overwhelmingly approve it.

[cookcounty]

"It is important to remember that nine Member States, representing almost half (49%) of the European population have already ratified the Constitutional Treaty,"

in other words, onlu one country ratified it by a vote of the people. My guess is that the nation that voted for it was Luxembourg. Or maybe Andorra.

[RedRover]

"We must ask ourselves how each among us – national governments, European institutions, political parties, social partners, civil society – can contribute to a better understanding of this project, which cannot have its own legitimacy without listening to its citizens."

What part of NON don't you understand?

[ZOTnot]

Isn't the Frence rejection more about a referendum on Chirac himself, and less upon the EU concept? If he were to be removed, wouldn't the French ratify it in a second vote?

[McGavin999]

Actually, I'm still hoping they pass it. I was really looking forward to the look on Chirac's face when he was told that france would have to give up the seat on the security council. Just think of all the money we would have saved on embassies in all those countries, we would have only needed one. Not to mention all the housing that would become available in DC and NYC when the dozens of embassies of Spain, Britain, france, Germany, etc. gave up their mansions on embassy row.

[goldstategop]

Uh huh. What a convoluted bureautcratic statement. Eurocrats really have no idea what Europeans want. So they'll go ahead and do what what they think is best for them. No humility there.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)