While the vote probably spells the political doom of Jacques Chirac, will his replacement be any better? Chirac is a mealy-mouthed blowhard but I think if you look around at the Western Europe leadership, you will see that all of the Western Europea…
]]>A shocker…A failure of leadership…A body blow… An embarrassment to France…A repudiation……
]]>They’ll demand concessions from the EU — causing heartburn in Britain and a minor firestorm elsewhere — and do it the “right way” through a legislative vote next time (no messy voters to deal with).
It’s already done. this just makes it slower and messier.
]]>“could”? That’s pretty optimistic.
Perhaps the french are occasionally smarter than we give them credit for.
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