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May 30, 2005
Deutsche Welle: 'French Vote Not the End of Europe'
Germany's Deutsche Welle is not as pessimistic about France's "Non' vote in THE May 29, 2005 referendum on the European Union Constitution. The publication opined on May 30, 2005: Many have already started reading the European Union the last rites after the French rejected the EU constitution on Sunday. But far from killing it off, the EU may in the long run benefit from the result.
The 'non' vote in the French EU constitution represents one side of a European paradox: France has long been one of the strongest advocates of cooperation and integration within the bloc and yet Sunday's vote against the EU constitution is a clear sign that the French people now reject a contract which would promote these ideals. "However," Deutsche Welle added, "while doom-mongers may now be ringing the death knell of the EU, the French vote may actually give the bloc time to reflect and to take its foot off the gas in the enlargement juggernaut to its benefit." I agree. See "French Vote Not the End of Europe."
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 30, 2005 08:44 AM
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