[syndicate] FW: Dernière minute - Urgent : Les Pays-Bas rejettent le traité constitutionnel européen

[fmadre at free.fr]

Thanks Peter
It's frightening to see how many people will not take "NON" for an answer

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> ohnoqt at yahoo.com wrote:
> > How do you explain the fact that large majority of people who voted as you
> did (no), are very fond of populist, raciste and conservative ideas ?
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> Polls after the French vote show that this explanation is
> wildly incorrect:
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> http://www.humanite.fr/journal/2005-05-31/2005-05-31-635521
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> Key paragraph:
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> According to SOFRES [a polling institution], the "no" voters made
> their decision because "this treaty will exacerbate unemployment in
> France" (46%), "to show they're fed up with the current situation"
> (40%), "a 'no' vote will make it possible to renegotiate the treaty"
> (35%), "this treaty is too neoliberal" (34%), "this treaty is
> particularly difficult to understand (34%), "Europe threatens France's
> identity" (19%) or "because of Turkey" (18%).  Among these reasons,
> issues of social protection and opposition to neoliberalism are
> clearly far ahead of xenophobic tendencies and worries about national
> sovereignty.  This is confirmed by the IPSOS poll, according to which
> the three main reasons for the "no" vote are dissatisfaction with the
> current economic and social situation in France (52%), the view that
> the proposed treaty is "too neoliberal" (40%) and confidence in being
> able to get a better constitution after a renegotiation (39%).  One
> last proof that at the heart of the "no" vote is the desire for
> another sort of Europe: according to most of the polling institutions,
> a very large majority of "no" voters (64% according to CSA) want
> France to ask for a new European constitution to be written.
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