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On the French Referendum

The referendum in which the French majority rejected the proposed European Constitution was obviously a historical event. But it is not such only because of the results whereby 55 % opposed a confusing text containing not only positive ideas, granted, but also—and mostly—unacceptable propositions. It is historical also, if not even more so, because it shows once again, in a frightening way, the gap that separates the people from the political-mediatic class and its so-called "representatives."

On February 28, 2005, the French deputies at the Congress in Versailles approved the project for the European Constitution with a large majority (91.7%),...