Comment by hdgvhicv
1 day ago
I suspect the elected French parliament ignoring the “no to eu constitution vote” in 2005
Not sure how the EU is blamed for the sovereign actions of the French Parliament.
1 day ago
I suspect the elected French parliament ignoring the “no to eu constitution vote” in 2005
Not sure how the EU is blamed for the sovereign actions of the French Parliament.
Or how that is in any way related to the other several instances of "ever closer union" wording that France signed up to.
This is about the vote on the EU Constitution in the early 2000s during which both French and Dutch people voted against. Later the EU decided to pass it without a referendum to side step this "democracy issue". Something you would have know about if you actually understood the topic.
So no, "even closer union" is not something that most europeans want, especially not in the current climate of corruption and fuckups by the commission.
That’s not what happened. the French parliament ratified the treaty
Your problem is with the sovereign democratically elected parliament who ignored their own referendum.
https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/scrutins/jo0083.asp
(Same in NL)
"The EU" is our elected governments, not some third-party institution. An extra vote on top of the election was always foolish.
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