| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Chiraq’s under pressure to give the unwashed masses a vote |
| 2004-04-21 |
| Via EURSOC: Tony Blair’s decision to allow Britain to vote on the European Constitution has been met with dismay in other EU capitals. France’s president Jacques Chirac is reported to be in a particular fix. He is under strong domestic pressure - from what the Guardian describes as "virtually the entire French political class" to call a referendum. The president, still smarting from a spanking in March’s regional elections, and waiting with some trepidation for another in June’s EU vote, is wary of offering voters yet another chance to tan his hide. |
| Posted by:Anonymous2U |
| #3 "Referenda are pure gambling. There is no guarantee of a positive outcome, unfortunately." --EU mindset |
| Posted by: Gromky 2004-04-21 11:35:22 PM |
| #2 ima hope they jerrybrownism |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-04-21 6:48:31 PM |
| #1 Boy democracy sucks when you're the one who's gotta do it. If the Europeans (minus the Brits) don't start start empowering their lower classes, stop ghetto-izing their immigrants, and do away with their positively feudal school system (if you don't pass that test at 13, you go to trade school and become a high tech serf for the rest of your life), then they are going to be in a world of hurt. Here are the choices: Facism, Islamism, or John Locke. (Psst. If I were you, I'd pick Locke.) |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2004-04-21 3:01:10 PM |