ALL PRETENSE OF DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE is about to be thrown out the window, according to the Times Online.
PRESIDENT CHIRAC of France is preparing to throw Europe into confusion and put Britain on the spot by backing moves to keep the European constitution alive if it is rejected in Sunday’s referendum.
Of course, his statement is covered with all kinds of diluted nonsense about "other countries" and their future, but the bottom line is that he appears to be willing to go along with the constitution regardless of what French voters have to say about it...and he is not alone.
...one option being discussed in senior diplomatic circles is for candidates in the French presidential election in 2007 to promise to ratify the treaty in parliament rather than by referendum.
So much for "the people have spoken" in France. It makes one wonder why they decided to hold this sham referendum in the first place. What is the old legal adage? Never ask a question if you aren't sure of the answer?
Also, one wonders at the political astuteness of French politicians who will run on a promise to discard the voice of the people. Indeed, the very idea of allowing the people to decide the fate of France in regards to the EU constitution appears now to be viewed as a bad idea.
Even as M Chirac prepared to deliver his appeal last night the recriminations within his centre-right UMP party had begun, and he was said by colleagues to have accepted that he had bungled by calling a referendum.
Yes. Better to simply make decisions on your own, regardless of the sentiment of the people. Aaahhh, democracy inaction.
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