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May 29, 2005
A Lament Over the Defeat of the EU Constitution in France
The Austria-based proprietor of Ostracised from Österreich made this interesting comment about French voters rejecting the EU Constitution on May 29, 2005: Just as Chirac is threatening to appear on my TV screen in a couple of seconds, I feel it's a sad moment for political Europe. The fact that European proposals elaborated with as much collective effort as the constitutional treaty are successfully and easily destroyed by people like the ones who are celebrating now on the TV stations across Europe (Mme Le Pen, Mr Emmanueli, Mr Haider) shows that the constructive part of the political spectrum has a serious problem in relating to its constituents. There is an issue of dissociation between the people and its representatives. On the other hand, this is exactly why it's high time to do something for the kind of politics we deserve.
This sounds like an astute observation to me. Estrangement of voters and their representatives seems to be a problem all over the world. This also includes the United States. On the other hand, voters have a right not to follow their leaders like blind sheep. When leaders are out of step with the majority of those who vote, they and their programs are rejected. It's called democracy.
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 29, 2005 05:22 PM
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