Oh Non! Posted by Derek Chollet

Just to echo what Heather wrote yesterday regarding tomorrow’s vote in France on the EU constitution, to be followed by the vote in the Netherlands: for those who believe in a strong EU, it will not be a good week.  Having spent the past week in the Persian Gulf and UK (hence my extended absence), all anyone is talking about is how the French will vote “no” and expect the Netherlands to follow suit.  France’s leaders pretty much gave up hope a few days ago. 

It’s anyone’s guess what will happen after these votes derail the EU constitution, other than that this will set off a bonanza of business for European wonks and think tankers – for a good start, see this recent discussion among some American European specialists.  Another certainty is that we will be entering a phase of internal Euro-hand-wringing and navel-gazing that will make strong U.S.-European cooperation on a variety of important issues a lot more difficult.

Oddly enough, one person who is secretly happy about all of this is British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has committed to holding a British referendum on the constitution sometime in the next few years.  The EU constitution is even more unpopular in Britain, and most consider a British “yes” even more improbable.  One of Blair’s fears was that all other countries would have approved the constitution and that the fate of the treaty would hinge entirely on Britain.  With a French no, he’s off the hook.  And in July, Britain takes over its six-month presidency of the EU (a rotation that the EU constitution would end), which gives Blair a chance to lead the effort to pick up the pieces from this mess – which is one way to work his way back from the Continental beating he has taken over Iraq. 

Comments

[wow gold]

I like to earn the World of Warcraft Gold very much, I want to have a lot of warcraft gold in the game, i do not satisfy the old equipment and so i have to buy wow gold to buy the new equipment to make me strong. If i am very strong in the game i can get some cheap wow gold as the rewards in the game. So i like the game very much.

[eve isk]

I hope i can get eve online isk in low price.

[seal cegel]

When I have seal cegel, I was just told you, I decide to earnsealonline cegel, that is so interesting.

[>requiem gold]

In fact, the
cheap requiem lant is expensive. I usually find
requiem online goldfrom the supplier.

[flyff money]

Do you like playing the game where you need to use flyff penya, when you do not have flyff money,

[Fendi Handbagss]

Do you like playing the game where you need to use flyff penya, when you do not have flyff money

[plastic injection molding]

Shoring scaffolding for construction is a very useful tool.
Books printed by China printing is very good quality and good prices.
Plastic products made by injection molding services with low costs and supeior quality!

[ghghg]

CHEAP rs gold
MY lotro gold
CHEAPEST aion gold

[yargıc]

Thank you for your sharing.! seslichat seslisohbet

[cheap coach handbags]

Thank you for your sharing! I like i very much!

[NFLjerseys]

Dear friend ,we are a trading conpany deal with men’s clothes for many years .we mianly export NFL jersey|NFL jerseys,you can visit our website for more information. Our jerseys were high quality replic.

[movado watch]

Thanks for your sharing,and you will enjoy the sunshine service. Let's abandon all the worry, omega watch and enjoy the happy shopping travel.All the are most in fashion boutique this year. show your chaming temperament. In addtin, the and the other make you mold your unique glamour this winter. The swiss have the high quality but low price. nd have all the style and cheapest price Chanel Watch Enjoying the fun of net purchase! We will supply you the perfect service and after sale support system. Our honest will bring you absolute satisfaction. Aslo and are so good for you.

[Ugg Classic Short]

Time is money, and many people pay their debts with it.Do you like the ugg boots?

[China Tent]

I am totally agree with your oppinion.this blog post is very encouraging to people who want to know these topics.

[chat]

thanks for sharing Sohbet many people are pay more attention to one's wearing than before, especially a watch. Chat .
Perhaps when you went to some place far away Chat you must borrow it from friends Sohbet you can get everything you want in this game
Chat money to invest in other industry which will return you good profit. Sohbet when you look at the surface of the watches
Egitim from the city you live in and thought you knew nobody there exsohbet

[trpornizle]

en güzel rokettube videoları,
en muhteşem sex izleme sitesi
en kral rokettube yeri
kaliteli pornoların bulunduğu tek mekan
yabancı sitelerden özenle seçilmiş muhteşem ötesi rokettubeme sitesi...

[sexfilmiseyret]

no problem sharing very nice.Those places will be decided soon, pr. Alexa because it is beautiful. OK I understand the other comments
Do not say my hair look especially the snow fell. instead, you have to say sometimes drool, but only sometimes:)
Thank you to every dayeveryone who contributed comments on the construction. I do not need more exaggerated sexfilmiseyret enter here the rest bırakın.şimdilik goodbye.pencil is If the problem will not make again. Note that I'm around the site. I'm sure this is pretty nice all the comments are useful.

[China Inflatable]

Well worth to read, we can get great useful info from this post, thanks.

[China Inflatable]

I was actually looking for this resource a few weeks back. Thanks for sharing with us your wisdom.This will absolutely going to help me in my thinking.

[Herve Leger Bandage]

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them. (Bretrand Rrssell, British philosopher)

[Christian Louboutin On Sale]

Don’t ride the high horse.

[ugg discount]

One may fall in love with many people during the lifetime. When you finally get your own happiness, you will understand the previous sadness is kind of treasure, which makes you better to hold and cherish the people you love. 　

[cheap ralph lauren polo]

which makes you better to hold and cherish the people you love kind of treasure

[bailey button uggs]

It's hard to believe a bloke's job prospects could swivel on a broken zipper but ''Rodney'' bailey button uggs learnt this vital life lesson recently when a snapped fly left him, as he so eloquently puts it: ''Trouserless, basically. Totally stuffed.'' Without the bottom half of his one and only suit, Rodney, 54, a soft-spoken, gentle man already down on his luck after a year of unemployment, couldn't dress properly for job interviews. ''So my employment service provider referred me here.''