Eur-no
Looks like the French are 50/50 yes/no over the UE constitution. This article from The Guardian talks about pro-EU ministers blaming Chirac for the lacklustre and confused Yes campaign.
The problem here is that the French aren't really saying No to the constitution. They're saying, er, no to the Euro. The same Euro they said, er, yes to a few years ago.
But now they've been living with it for a while and they still hate it.
They still mentally translate prices into Francs and know that everything is more expensive now. Their economy is in the basket, and people are losing jobs all over. And they blame the Euro.
When you do that quintessentially French thing and sit at a corner cafe for a cup of coffee and know that every time you do that you're being ripped off, you start to have negative thoughts.
The problem here is that the French aren't really saying No to the constitution. They're saying, er, no to the Euro. The same Euro they said, er, yes to a few years ago.
But now they've been living with it for a while and they still hate it.
They still mentally translate prices into Francs and know that everything is more expensive now. Their economy is in the basket, and people are losing jobs all over. And they blame the Euro.
When you do that quintessentially French thing and sit at a corner cafe for a cup of coffee and know that every time you do that you're being ripped off, you start to have negative thoughts.
posted by Anonymous at
Friday, May 20, 2005
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