Friday, June 17, 2005
Dutch 'no' vote sparks EU crisis
Expatica | "It started with the French and continued with the Dutch: two no and 10 yes votes. The EU Constitution is staring down the barrel of defeat. Aaron Gray-Block reports.
The Dutch public are discontent: voting en masse against the EU Constitution — a far cry to the mid-20th century when the Netherlands was a founding member of the European Union's predecessor.
A worrying 61.6 percent of voters said no compared with 38.4 percent who backed the constitution in the 1 June referendum, a margin which stunned the political elite in The Hague and sent shock waves across the continent."
Dutch 'no' vote sparks EU crisis
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