The European Constitution

The people of Ireland are being resoundingly criticized by the power hungry politicians of the European Union for rejecting the latest version of the European Constitution.

I would describe the situation somewhat differently. The last time the proposed constitution was voted on by the people both the Dutch and the French rejected it.

This time the politicians all over Europe didn’t dare let their voters express their opinion, because they were afraid of how they might vote.

I would describe the situation this way: In the one and only country in Europe where the common people were given the opportunity to vote on it, the constitution was soundly rejected. If other countries had chosen democracy over rule by the political elite the constitution may have been rejected in other countries. But now we will never know, because no other country in Europe had the guts or faith in democracy to ask their voters to express their opinion.
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LINK: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,559741,00.html
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