Tamara wrote:
<In the case of the European Constitution in particular, the populace
seems to be totally disoriented as to "what the heck is it supposed to
mean?". Can't say I understand the flap either <g>>
Some of us in the don't fancy being 'overseen' by a president from another
country (we already have Bush doing this) or having another country telling
us what our foreign policy should be - if the Constitution had been in place
before the Iraq war, the UK wouldn't have participated; it would have been
the whole of Europe or nothing. Not that I agreed with the Iraq war when
there was no thought beforehand of how to manage peace once it was "won".
Some parts of the Constitution are OK, others not. I'd like to see us have
our own written constitution (all we have at the moment is Magna Carta)
before even thinking about a European one.
For the Dutch the Euro has been a disaster, and that was one of the factors
in them voting against the Constitution, but under it countries could decide
whether to have the Euro or not.
Blair doesn't want us to show any signs of nationalism, including flying the
English flag, so, for me, trying to squash our identity is a good enough
reason to resist any attempt to make us a small part of a bigger pie.
Personally I don't fancy being a citizen of the United States of Europe -
I'm English first, British second and that's how it willl stay..
And, of course, for some people, don't even mention World War 2.
France and Germany have decided to have crisis talks between themselves this
weekend and I think that says a lot.
Jean in Poole
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