06-01-2005, 09:28 PM
The Dutch say no to the EC as well, and with a lot less partisan reasons than the French vote.
Exit polls describe no voters as being upset over the reduced voting power this document would give them, as well as citing Germany, Greece, Italy, and France's willingness to violate EU budget rules while the Dutch followed them to a T.
It's a fair complaint of what could go wrong in the EU - power going to far to the largest and leading countries, and corruption. Given that the Constitution makes it easy for a large party to keep in power... well, there's a lot of reasons to vote against it.
Exit polls describe no voters as being upset over the reduced voting power this document would give them, as well as citing Germany, Greece, Italy, and France's willingness to violate EU budget rules while the Dutch followed them to a T.
It's a fair complaint of what could go wrong in the EU - power going to far to the largest and leading countries, and corruption. Given that the Constitution makes it easy for a large party to keep in power... well, there's a lot of reasons to vote against it.