----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:19 PM Subject: Re: The French Say "Non!"
> On May 31, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > >> Yeah. What I've been missing in the flurry of coverage is the >> actual >> constitution itself. Anyone have a link handy to the text of the >> document? > > http://europa.eu.int/constitution/index_en.htm > > Available in 21 languages. > Since I posted the question, I have heard a bit more commentary on the situation. Much of it concerned Chirac and how the vote will effect his government. Well, he has a new anti-American Prime Minister, but I don't yet see that as being important. Two of the tidbits I heard sounded interesting. One was that the rejection vote was caused in part by sovereignty questions. The other was that the inclusion of Turkey and the expansion to 25 states would diminish Frances power. If true, these are the most notable bytes of the story. Tomorrow the Dutch are supposed to reject the Constitution. This, it is purported, will pretty much keep Britain from joining the EC. My thoughts thus far as to how this effects the US pretty much boil down to the future becoming multipolar or remaining more or less unipolar in short, medium and longer terms. The advent of a strong Europe would speed multipolarity I'm guessing and diminish US power relatively. If the EU ends up cratering, the US will have more freedom to counter China and India. I'm not really well versed in global politics at this level and would be interested in any opinions or opinion pieces anyone here might have to offer. xponent A Crossroads Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
