"Where's
the EUphoria Gone?"
In the EU's capital, Brussels, the bloc's
expansion by 10 countries in May 2004 made
everything a bit bigger, more colorful and
more complex. Despite the hard to control
language diversity at the growing conference
tables and the ever longer lists of speakers,
the EU of 25 seems to work -- at least the
everyday bureaucracy does. But it's noticeable
that many of the new member states mistake
their EU commissioners for ambassadors representing
their national interests. The multinational
leadership body's has suffered from a loss
of collegiality and ability to makes decisions.
DEUTSCHE
WELLE
Chirac
in gamble on EU treaty vote
President Jacques Chirac faces one of the
biggest challenges of his 40-year political
career when France votes in a referendum on
the European Union constitution this month.
Chirac is at an important crossroads 10 years
after he was first elected president on May
7, 1995.
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Awaiting
political leadership
The leadership of the European
Union is extremely nervous over the prospect
of public opinion in France coming out against
the European constitution.
A similar panic broke out when the Maastricht
Treaty and the introduction of a common European
currency became the focus of a referendum,
but there were no awful consequences.
EKATHIMERINI
Chirac
invokes revolutionary spirit to get a 'yes'
for EU constitution
THE European constitution enshrines the values
of the French Revolution, President Chirac
said last night as he sought to drive home
his message that a “no” vote in
the referendum on May 29 would be an own-goal
in the fight against Anglo-Saxon liberalism.
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L'Histoire
de l'UE sera écrite par les générations
montantes
Franchement je sature à entendre cette
déferlante de mensonges sur l'avenir
qui serait définitivement déterminé
par la Constitution: piège ultralibéral
...
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MAGAZINE
Impressions
de campagne : plongeon dans la psyché
politique française
Cela fait plusieurs jours maintenant que j’ai
entrepris de battre la campagne pour le référendum.
Et déjà, de la Picardie à
la Normandie, de Paris à la Méditerranée,
quelques tendances lourdes se dessinent.
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MAGAZINE
Constitution
: le oui arrive en tête de deux sondages
Le oui au référendum sur la
Constitution européenne remonte fortement
: sur quatre sondages publiés lundi,
deux le donnent majoritaire.
LE
MONDE
Sweden's
ruling party in battle over EU poll
Individual members of Sweden’s ruling
Social Democrats have launched a new initiative
to force the party to call for a referendum
on the EU constitution.
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