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"en.20060614.13.3-164"2
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"With the referendums in France and the Netherlands, the draft Constitution was rejected. Of that there can be no doubt. Two countries said ‘no’ in referendums and did so by large majorities and with high turn-outs. The fact that the EU’s power-wielding elite is now trying to explain away this state of affairs is a democratic scandal. Politicians and senior officials are now openly discussing how to get around the results of these referendums. They have the cheek to come up with their own interpretation of the results in terms of dissatisfaction with existing governments in the two countries. They are beginning to count how many countries have said ‘yes’, in spite of its being clear that all the countries must approve the draft.
Seldom has the gulf between the political elite and the people on EU issues been seen so clearly. Everything indicates that there would have been a ‘no’ vote in Germany too if there had been a referendum there. The same applies in, for example, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark and perhaps a number of other countries.
Democratic outcomes are merely setbacks for those who have lost the vote because they lack grass-roots support. Let us now instead devise a new treaty that emphasises the EU’s intergovernmental cooperation."@en1
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