Alors, il faut voter OUI ou NON pour la Constitution Européenne ?

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Et les explications des partisans du non ont été beaucoup plus probantes pour moi. (en fait l'UNEF entre autres a fait pas mal de boulot de vulgarisation sur le coup... Il faut juste pas laisser tomber!)

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Le texte lui-même est vraiment costaud, surtout à cause de ces pu***ns de renvois de partout,

Citation : Non, sans rire, je suis bien conscient que d'autres pays vont voter non, mais si les britanniques, les hollandais et d'autres votent non sous prétexte que le texte n'est pas assez libéral

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Q&A: French EU referendum
French voters have rejected the European Union constitution in a key referendum.

The BBC News website explains what happened, and what is at stake for France and the EU.


What consequences does the French "No" vote have?

The constitution, which is a treaty between 25 states, cannot come into force unless it is ratified by all of them. So a French "No" means the constitutional treaty, in its current form, is almost certainly dead.

Experts say France is unlikely to vote on the constitution again, as Ireland did with the Nice treaty, approving it at the second attempt.

They say two other scenarios are more likely:

(a) that EU leaders will attempt to salvage some parts of the constitution, by introducing them in other ways, for example by agreement among heads of state

(b) that a new, cut-down version of the treaty will be drawn up, containing the key changes to the EU's decision-making process and other essential clauses - and that a new attempt will be made to ratify this shorter, and less controversial text


French President Jacques Chirac warned voters before the poll that France's influence in the EU would be severely weakened if they rejected the constitution.

However, one possibility is that the failure of the constitution could stimulate the creation of a "core" group of countries, including France, that would seek to integrate more quickly and deeply than the rest.

Will other countries still continue to ratify the constitution?

The Netherlands is still expected to hold a referendum on Wednesday. Polls there give the "No" side a lead of up to 20%.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said that the ratification process should continue throughout the EU, even if there are "No" votes in France and the Netherlands, so it is likely that Luxembourg will hold its planned referendum in July.

However, a summit of EU leaders on 16 and 17 June could call a halt to the ratification process.

The UK has said it will not hold its planned referendum, due in 2006, if there is nothing to vote on.

If a broadly Eurosceptic country like Denmark or the UK rejected the constitution, this might not give the EU such a powerful shock as a "No" in one of the six original founding states, such as France or the Netherlands. However, it would still prevent the constitution becoming law - unless either country decided to withdraw from the EU, which is unlikely.

Nine countries have so far ratified the constitution.

Can the EU manage without a constitution?

Yes, it would just continue operating on the existing set of rules. However, many experts say the failure of the constitution could cause a grave crisis within the union, leaving it divided, confused and condemned to a period of stagnation. Plans for further enlargement could be put on hold.

Citation : Premiere conséquence du non, cette nuit la Chine annonce l'annulation de son projet de taxe sur ses exports sur le textile, le non commence à apporter ses fruits pouris et c'est que le premier jour.