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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (none / 1)

Depending on the text.

I'm not in favour of referending a technical text like the former Constitution.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 05:52:33 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (4.00 / 2)

I'm assuming we'll have as few as they can get away with. The Irish one is required by the constitution here, so that can't be avoided, but it should be passed easily enough if the pro- parties (i.e. almost all of them) actually try to push it.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 06:13:53 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (4.00 / 4)

France also has a constitutional mandate. Brown will try to avoid it with a little help from the Lib Dems. The Danes are asking for one, and there was a recent poll (I saw it in the Salon) saying that a majority of people in DE, FR, UK, IT and ES all wanted a referendum.

We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 06:23:00 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (4.00 / 3)

The poll

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake

by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 06:29:26 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (none / 1)

Less than 20% of respondents even knew what was in it.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 06:35:05 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (none / 1)

I bet you less than 40% of the parlamentarians who will vote to approve it know either. Not that they would admit to it, obviously...

We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 06:36:28 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (4.00 / 4)

Hahahaha!...

Would Tony Bliar make a good full-time EU President?

25% Yes 75% No

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 07:21:53 AM EST
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The Danes are asking for one... (4.00 / 5)

...but whether we'll get it is still up in the air. Fogh has been doing his damnedest to make sure that it's not constitutionally mandated, and I am of the distinct impression that he would prefer to simply ram it through parliament - fortunately his government doesn't have a working majority on Union policy (the Popular Party is euro-skeptic) so avoiding a referendum is going to require the co-operation of the opposition. It really comes down to whether the Social Democrats and Social Liberals think it'll hurt or help them in the coming general elections to hold a referendum. If either of those parties believe that not holding a referendum is beneficial domestically, the treaty can be rammed through parliament (although I'm not sure what the fallout for the current government would be vis-a-vis the Popular Party).

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 10:20:24 AM EST
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Re: We have a new Treaty for Europe (4.00 / 3)

Germans certainly won't get one.

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 12:06:47 PM EST
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