european constitution rejection

• Voters reject EU Constitution: the European Union's governing elite are stunned by French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU Constitution, but refuse to give up their globalist schemes.

First, the French voters shouted a defiant "NON!" Then the Dutch yelled "NEE!" And now the Brits are lined up to roar a resounding "NO !" The ruling c...

• The New American
• June 27, 2005

• Constitution Vote Sharply Divides France ; Rejection Would Be Powerful Blow Against European Union's Future

PARIS - Europe's landmark new constitution faces a make-or-break referendum in France today, when a polarized nation decides whether to boost or block the next giant leap forward in a half-century of efforts to unite the continent. After months of impassioned debate over the merits and drawbacks of the European Union's historic first charter, the complex business of getting 25 countries to agree on an ambitious roadmap for their future hangs on two simple words: "oui" and "non.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 31, 2005

• What's Next for Eu . . . And U.S.?

Winston Churchill's postwar vision of a United States of Europe was shot down last week, the victim of a weak, jobless economy and the fear of losing national sovereignty. The back-to-back rejection of the European Union's constitution by the French and the Dutch sent a devastating signal to the EU's paternalistic, often-arrogant leadership that it was moving much too fast in its rush to give new political powers to a centralized government in Brussels.

• The Washington Times
• June 06, 2005

• Eu Constitution Rejected by French Voters ; Defeat Is Stunning Setback for Embattled Chirac

PARIS - In 1789, an angry mob that saw the Bastille prison as a symbol of oppression stormed it to start a revolution. On Sunday, French voters fearful of being swallowed up in an ever-enlarging Europe unleashed another revolt. Turning out in huge numbers for a referendum that polarized the nation, indignant voters delivered a humiliating "non!" to the European Union's first constitution. France's rejection dealt a stunning setback to the bloc's latest ambitious effort to unite its 25 member states under a single blueprint for their future.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 31, 2005

• Chirac Picks Ally As Premier

PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac of France named his longtime protege Dominique de Villepin as prime minister on Tuesday in an effort to restore confidence in the French government after the country's decisive rejection of a constitution for Europe. In a televised address on Tuesday evening, Chirac announced the dismissal of Jean-Pierre Raffarin as prime minister and confessed that the rejection of the referendum on the European Union Constitution on Sunday had triggered a period of "difficulties and uncertainties" that required the French to "rally together around the national interest.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• June 01, 2005

• Britain Scraps a Vote On Eu Charter ; Action Comes After French and Dutch Reject Constitution

LONDON Britain shelved a referendum on the European Union constitution Monday, following the charter's rejection by French and Dutch voters. The development strongly suggests the treaty cannot survive in its current form, and removes a major complication for Tony Blair.

• The Columbian
• June 07, 2005

• European Union Riven by Conflict ; Blair Takes Helm of Splintered 25-Nation Bloc

This is a summer of crisis in the 25-member European Union, which suddenly finds itself torn, without a long-term budget, with its constitution in suspension, its leaders isolated and its objectives obscured. Something has snapped on the "old Continent" following the rejection by French and Dutch voters of the proposed European constitution, an unwieldy document of 450 pages that even some of its proponents find unreadable.

• The Washington Times
• July 04, 2005

• European Constitution in Question: The Role of Migration in the Debate

WASHINGTON, June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As European citizens and lawmakers continue to weigh in on the proposed European Constitution following French and Dutch voters' rejection of the document, immigration ranks among the most politically charged issues of debate, along with broader labor market and social policy concerns. The problem with the Constitution from a migration perspective is that the drafters seemed content to leave the language on immigration contained in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty and 1997 Amsterdam Treaty intact," said Joanne van Selm, senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. "No heed appears to have been paid either to the political and legal decisions already taken by EU Member States under these previous treaties, or to the changing context of immigr...

• U.S. Newswire
• June 01, 2005

• European Non and Nee

The rejection of a European Union constitution by voters in France and The Netherlands may be more an issue of timing than substance. While fears of job loss and benefit cuts are real, many voters rejected the constitution out of frustration with their own government's policies, not international concerns. Although EU leaders are eager to move ahead with more integration and streamlining of policies and practices, this week's votes show that many European residents are not ready for such changes. When the European Council meets later this month, it will have to decide whether the votes mean that the lengthy constitution needs to be rewritten - or merely better explained - or shelved, temporarily or permanently.

• Bangor Daily News
• June 03, 2005

• Britain Sets Aside Vote

LONDON - Britain shelved a referendum on the European Union constitution Monday after the charter's rejection by French and Dutch voters. The development strongly suggests the treaty cannot survive in its current form, and removes a major complication for Tony Blair.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• June 08, 2005