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The Constitution would've probably gotten a 'nee' in the Netherlands either way and be rejected in the UK and Ireland and Denmark and Poland referendums as well.

We should get a more democratic and political Europe by 2014, when the EP elections will also be about the Commission Presidency and the new voting weights in the Council are phased in.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 12:20:36 PM EST
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we'll never know, but it's very likely that the French "non" emboldened the Dutch, and the opposite result would have had good chances of being followed by another positive vote.

The following referendum in the countries you mention would then have become referendum on staying in or out of Europe, something which could have only positive consequences for Europe, by either giving it a massive stamp of legitimacy in these countries, or by allowing to push them out of the core Europe.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 12:49:50 PM EST
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All the contemporary polls I saw indicated that it would have passed in Denmark without any serious problems.

- 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 Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 05:49:53 PM EST
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