[Culturechat] Reaction to the French EU Vote

Mon, 30 May 2005 23:29:19 -0400

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First of all, sorry for posting that horrendous Google translation of the 
Le Figaro article. The results had just been announced and I wanted a 
European take on it. Here, instead, are a couple of articles from the 
International Herald Tribune, which is published in Paris, written in a 
familiar language. The first is good news for those of us travelling to 
France or Europe this year, at least short-term. (Be aware that this is a 
multiple page article -- the links to the next-previous pages at the bottom 
are grayed out but actually work. Or click the Print link and get it all at 
once.)

Suddenly, euro isn't looking so good
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/30/business/euecon.php

The article below discusses the impact of the vote within Europe and the 
fear that the French vote, coupled with the expected defeat of the same 
proposition in the Netherlands on Wednesday (by an even greater margin) 
could put a pall on future voting and perhaps kill the EU political 
integration. A similar vote may now be dead in the water in Britain.

Europe lurches toward a period of crisis
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/union.php

The vote may have been the Last Hurrah for Chirac and PM Raffarin may 
already be history.

Chirac tries to control the damage
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/france.php

Jerry

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First of all, sorry for posting that horrendous Google translation of the
Le Figaro article. The results had just been announced and I wanted a
European take on it. Here, instead, are a couple of articles from the
International Herald Tribune, which is published in Paris, written in a
familiar language. The first is good news for those of us travelling to
France or Europe this year, at least short-term. (Be aware that this is a
multiple page article -- the links to the next-previous pages at the
bottom are grayed out but actually work. Or click the Print link and get
it all at once.) 
Suddenly, euro isn't looking so good 

<a href="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/30/business/euecon.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/30/business/euecon.php</a>
 
The article below discusses the impact of the vote within Europe and the
fear that the French vote, coupled with the expected defeat of the same
proposition in the Netherlands on Wednesday (by an even greater margin)
could put a pall on future voting and perhaps kill the EU political
integration. A similar vote may now be dead in the water in
Britain. 
Europe lurches toward a period of crisis 

<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/union.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/union.php</a> 
The vote may have been the Last Hurrah for Chirac and PM Raffarin may
already be history. 
Chirac tries to control the damage 

<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/france.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/france.php</a> 
Jerry 
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