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Mr. Mopery · 02-21-2005, 06:03 PM

From last week's Economist:

"The Spanish are cheerfully and uncomplicatedly pro-European. They associate the EU with the end of Francoist isolation and the arrival of lashings of cash from Brussels. So although in one recent poll 88% of Spaniards said they knew nothing or “very little” about the constitution, 56% also pronounced themselves in favour of it. The Spanish government has been trying to popularise the text by handing it out at football matches. The contestants on the Spanish version of “Big Brother”, a reality-TV programme, were even forced to explain bits of the constitution to each other. (Some see the sections on “delegated European regulations and framework laws” as a little too sensational for a mass audience.) Such exercises reflect the Spanish government's real fear: not that the constitution will be defeated, but that the turnout will be embarrassingly low."

Southern optimism. Tony Blair is going to have to sneak the constitution through Parliament if he wants it to pass.

02-21-2005, 06:03 PM	#7
Mr. Mopery Zhentarim Guard Join Date: December 13, 2001 Location: Warsaw Age: 49 Posts: 328	From last week's Economist: "The Spanish are cheerfully and uncomplicatedly pro-European. They associate the EU with the end of Francoist isolation and the arrival of lashings of cash from Brussels. So although in one recent poll 88% of Spaniards said they knew nothing or “very little” about the constitution, 56% also pronounced themselves in favour of it. The Spanish government has been trying to popularise the text by handing it out at football matches. The contestants on the Spanish version of “Big Brother”, a reality-TV programme, were even forced to explain bits of the constitution to each other. (Some see the sections on “delegated European regulations and framework laws” as a little too sensational for a mass audience.) Such exercises reflect the Spanish government's real fear: not that the constitution will be defeated, but that the turnout will be embarrassingly low." Southern optimism. Tony Blair is going to have to sneak the constitution through Parliament if he wants it to pass. __________________ Never argue with a woman who\'s holding your schmeckle...