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Originally Posted by rajat83 So far, 10 countries have ratified the constitution: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia by votes of their parliaments; and Spain by a referendum.
Supporters in the Netherlands had argued the constitution would streamline decision-making in the union, and create a single foreign minister to give Europe more sway in international affairs. The Netherlands was one of the EU's founding members. But many Dutch remained unconvinced
The negative votes in the Netherlands and France were largely the result of poor economies, and concerns about immigration, EU expansion and the loss of national identity
Unemployment in the Netherlands has risen from 3.3 percent to 6.7 percent over the last three years.
The Dutch, he said, also had some leftover resentment that the guilder was undervalued when the Dutch adopted the euro.
In France, the rejection of the constitution referendum was considered a stinging blow to President Jacques Chirac.
But he said after the vote was announced, that voters had made their "sovereign decision, and I note it." |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/eu...01/dutch.poll/
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