May 26, 2005

LET SADDAM RUN THE NEXT ONE:

EU call to re-run treaty referendums (John Thornhill in Paris, George Parker in Brussels and Betrand Benoit in Berlin, May 25 2005, Financial Times)

France and the Netherlands should re-run their referendums to obtain the "right answer" if their voters reject Europe's constitutional treaty in imminent national ballots, Jean-Claude Juncker, the holder of the EU presidency, said on Wednesday.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 26, 2005 8:19 AM
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Jean-Claude Juncker - a good Franco-Prussian name - the ideal mix for an EU president.

Posted by: pj at May 26, 2005 8:59 AM

Back when they were trying to pass the ERA as an amendment to the US Constitution, they tried the same technique. Given enough time, they thought that they would get the 38 states (3/4 of 50) needed for passage. In that timespan, some states started to recind their ratifications, and an extra-Constitutional battle began to rage. Fortunately, there was a time limit attached to the ratification and it finally died with 36 or so states.

The Europeans don't have the time limit, so this could eventually get a lot of folks real mad, bringing down governments.

Posted by: Neo at May 26, 2005 10:01 AM

Neo:

Europe doesn't have a Phyllis Schlafly.

Posted by: oj at May 26, 2005 10:22 AM
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