International reaction to the Collapse of the EU & post war civilisation.

international | eu | other press Monday May 30, 2005 13:14 by iosaf

As we were told, in no uncertain terms by the yes campaign, the rejection of the Constitution, would mean a rejection of not only the lengthy document of V.Giscard d'Estaing, but also of the treaties and accords incorporated therein- Nice, Maastricht, Shengen, Versailles, Lisbon and Rome.

In it is thus not surprising that throughout France this morning, in between burning the 12 starred flag, shoppers have been attempting to pay for their bagettes in francs.

Meanwhile the Pope has called on Kathurliks to abstain from €U referenda.

No-one has ever really explained why it was such a good idea in terms that convince one it was the only option. That's intellectually lazy. The Shame of Beethoven on them.

The reactions :-

Switzerland is not a member of the EU, and has been facing an internal battle which has given oxygen to its tiny extreme right faction over the last months to "move closer" to the Union, sign up to "Dublin/Shengen", and melt a few glaciers so it slides down the alps.

Swiss reaction. (in english)-
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5828119&cKey=1117441539000
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=5775075&cKey=1117444656000

Italian reaction:-

The Pope, bavarian born, german shepherd, formerly known as God's Ratzinger, PapaRatzi, Holy Joe, "he knows best"
Benedict XVI has called for ABSTENTION in votes on the €U constitution.
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Politica/2005/05_Maggio/30/papa.shtml
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/Notizia.asp?NewsID=54669
http://www.adnkronos.com/3Level.php?cat=Politica&loid=1.0.40434453

Spanish Reaction :-

It is all totally fucked.
get your pesetas out from under the bed, forget about the metric system, round up foreigners.
As well as repeating what they were told to print if the Spanish had rejected the referendum in March,
they have looked eastwards where Slovakian foreign minister Eduard Kukan has declared his utter disappointment at the poor prospects for antoine Carâme suppers now.
http://www.europapress.es/europa2003/noticia.aspx?cod=20050530102430&tabID=1&ch=69

Luxembourger reaction :-

Pressie Junker the president of €urope till the end of June, has said its impossible to renegotiate the constitution, and he doesn't really give a shit, its Tony Blair's job now, and he said as much back in january. [this is what he said in january :- "it won't matter"]
This is what he said last night this morning:-

"And then, the debate brought to the fore several different conceptions of Europe, alternating between the standpoint of those who want more Europe, and those who believe that the Europe of today has already gone too far.
We have listened to both sides, and have come out perplexed. Among those who have said no, some would like to put a halt to all, while others want to go still further. It proves to be a difficult task to find agreement between these diverging conceptions of Europe.
It is therefore impossible to renegotiate the treaty under these conditions. We need to reflect on these French contradictions which are perhaps European ones.
Finally, it is important to know what the attitude of the other Europeans will be. Yes, the constitutional debate is French. But it is also a European debate."
http://www.eu2005.lu/en/actualites/communiques/2005/05/29jclj-ref/index.html

The German reaction:-
It's Shroeder's fault.
http://www.handelsblatt.com/pshb/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbi/artpage/0/cn/GoArt!200013,200051,905115/SH/0/depot/0/
He was a big man, who didn't say very much once upon a time, and that was great, then he went and started making statements and visiting onther countries and telling people how to vote. As long as he was the "big man doesn't say much" people forgot that both Herrn Van Beethoven and Von schiller were germans, once he opened his mouth they remembered, and had a think about what Germany is really all about, the perfect representation of a U.S. strategic european state.
http://www.n24.de/politik/inland/index.php/n2005053011481400002
Right wing Germans (of the Christian democrat type) are blaming the Socialist/Green alliance.
It was noteworthy that contrary to Geraldine Kennedy's analysis, the European Greens were not unified on the Constitution. Most green parties campaigned against it the exceptions being the ruling German greens who are a bit old hat now. Ranging from the victorious agrarian eccentrics of Bové in France to teh Swedish and Dutch greens who just want "out of Europe now" thank you very much.

The UK reaction :-

"Tweedledum & Tweedledee" (part 2)
They're delighted. Blair now takes up the French cudgels and presidency of the EU to oppose the smellyness of unwarrented federalism which stokes the ordinary and natural patriotisms of poor folk who don't get Mrs Beeton cream teas, or Antonin Carâme foie gras pastries.

The Irish reaction :-
"we're closer to Boston than Berlin you know"

The Portuguese reaction .-
The Portuguese have just had to put up their VAT,
price of tobacco, petrol, and utilities, and frozen wages in an attempt to meet the stringent requirements of an enlarged 25 state €uropean union, which they joined years ago, thinking it would only really be 12 states at the most. They're well pissed off. Contrary to the propaganda they're not hopping on flights to take weekend breaks up north, they're not on the pig's back, and they've still got the Galician problem. It will be interesting to see how they vote on their referendum.
http://www.the-news.net/

The French:-

http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=300114

And that's it, civilisation has ended.
We are all now condemned to live in precarious working conditions, without health or proper educational entitlements, and rot it away without pensions. The Irish bars will close. We would have been better off if we had just stuck to Eurovision.

who are you going to blame?