Thursday, March 17, 2005

Eeuuuu: POLL INDICATES FRENCH MAY VOTE NO TO EU CONSTITUTION

For the first time a majority of French say they plan to vote 'no' in the national referendum on the European constitution to be held in May, according to a poll to be published Friday in the daily Le Parisien.

According to the poll, carried out by the CSA institute, 51 percent intend to vote 'no' and 49 percent 'yes'
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The "why" of this split is given a passing reference in the article:

But the French electorate, angry over economic and labour reforms imposed by the conservative government and wary over Chirac's push to have Turkey become an EU member in the future, is in a volatile mood.

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