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...should all heave a sigh of relief that, in the end, a majority of French left their pikes and Phrygian caps at home before going to the polls. If the French had voted to guillotine Maastricht, in the end many more heads would have rolled...
...French vote has made such a turnaround less likely. But that being said, the Maastricht Treaty has no future. We can only hope that the damage the treaty has done to Europe already will pass, without permanently affecting the aims of security and economic well-being...
France did not have to hold a referendum on Maastricht. But French President Francois Mitterrand wanted more than parliamentary ratification; he hoped that a resounding French "oui" would make people forget that Denmark had already voted against the treaty--which needed unanimous ratification by all European Community (EC) member states...
Originally, the French leader said he fully expected that two thirds of his people would back Maastricht. In fact, barely 51 percent gave it their support...
This weakness in French support means Maastricht is as good as dead. Denmark's negative vote cannot be ignored, even though there will be a re-vote...