> I'm sure most of you ran across the news that the French rejected > the Euro constitution. > > How do you think this will effect the US?
It won't have a direct effect. But the US reaction to it will. > Do you think this will torpedo the EU? That depends on how the other states vote. At first, there would be attempts to save it by making deals behind closed doors. Those deals would be probably in areas where the constitution still allows that state to veto any further changes, while the constitution itself would not be rewritten. Afterwards, the states which voted against would vote again. If that fails, a core group will attempt the 'Europe of two speeds', i.e. to change the EU from a group of 25 into two groups, one going further forward in integration than the other. If that is also vetoed, the core group might create their own constitution, and threaten to secede from the EU. Maybe at that time it would be too late for the other states; the core group might just go forward and secede, happy to leave the spoilsports outside. Frank > > xponent > A Question Of Balance Maru > rob > -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More +++ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
