What Democracy Looks Like…
The French voted and the world may never be the same. The BBC reported:
In the French referendum almost 55% of people voted "No", with 45% in favour. Turnout was high, at about 70%.
It is a severe - perhaps fatal - blow to the EU constitution, which needs to be ratified by all 25 member states.
The French have a democratic tradition that is objectively superior to the United States’. Freedom House ranks them at least our equal in terms of political liberty and civil rights, but Freedom House is perhaps less than objective in their assessment of America. The French in fact have the world’s greatest democracy. The French had a revolution. America had a colonial insurrection. The people of France, victors in a revolution that overthrew the monarchy and laid the foundation for democracy, came to the aid of the ragtag American colonials who were seeking tax relief. We have always resented that. Now we will watch and see what French influence brings to the EU constitutional process. The people have spoken.
