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CONTRARY TO THE PREDICTIONS OF EUROSKEPTICS, THE French have voted for the Maastricht treaty for a more unified Europe. It was not a resounding yes, but a significant one that is a tribute to the maturity and sense of responsibility of the French people. This yes comes as a relief in spite of Europe's continuing monetary turmoil and Britain's misgivings about the treaty. A French no would have unleashed a political earthquake upon the Continent, not only because of the centrality of France in the painstaking process of European integration, but also because of the timing...
EVEN THOUGH FRANCE SAID OUI TO THE MAAStricht treaty on economic and political union, its voice was not hearty enough to still the turmoil in Europe. The majority for approval in last week's referendum was a sliver-thin 51%, which simply highlighted the doubts among ordinary citizens about the rapid course of European unification. Paris and Bonn still hope the treaty can go into effect by the end of the year as planned, but it seems unlikely that all 12 members of the European Community will be able to approve it by then...
...Continental mood in his speech to a special session of Parliament. "There are fears throughout Europe," he said, "that the Community is too centralized, that it is too undemocratic, that the leaders of the Community are trying to develop it too fast." He said he would not present the Maastricht treaty to Parliament until after Denmark, which rejected it last June, has another try at approving...
...grand reasons why European integration makes sense are still there. But try telling that to angry, suspicious citizens, whose object of ire is the virtually unreadable Maastricht treaty, negotiated last December by the 12 nations of the European Community, which lays out a complex blueprint for the greater economic and political union of the Continent -- a plan that would take Europe far beyond the free-trade zone that goes into effect in January, to a single currency and common foreign and defense policies. The Danes' + refusal to approve Maastricht last June ignited simmering popular resentment, and France's razor-thin...
European leaders thought the 1930s were a thing of the past. They were. But now, thanks to the misjudgements of Maastricht, the 1930s might just turn out to be a thing of the future as well...