The Polish Plumber... with the plunger...
Could it really be immigration fears that killed the Fr. referendum? As this article points out, the Constitution would have given the EU more power (and states therefor less sovereignty) in shaping immigration policy. But as G. Lahav predicted, the trend EU-wide has been towards closure, and the end effect of a more integrated EU policy would probably have been to yank in permissive outliers like Spain. And there was also a seven year "halt mal!" on the notorious Polish plumber. I think immigration is just one of the hydra-heads which scared up the non.
posted by mr. p @ 10:32 PM
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suz,
hi. well, it´s an Irish paper. Ireland won´t vote til November 2006, if I heard correctly on the radio. But it has benefitted economically from the EU. Something else I heard (hopefully correctly) on the radio here is that the constitution was geared to benefit the largest and smallest countries, but would be less than smashing for the middle-sized countries. Not sure the technicalities or veracity on that.
Looking at the article, it´s pretty spread out thematically, I just picked up on an immigration emphasis. It is an interesting question though, how an Irish paper like the Belfast Telegram approaches the EU. The article ends on a Tory note, so perhaps this is a right-leaning paper. I haven´t the foggiest, obviously!
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