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[Wendy Lyon]

On 5/29/05, Paul <paul_ at igc.org> wrote:
> The polls have just closed in Paris and Lyon.  The exit polls show a 55.6%
> vote for the Non.  The first major electoral defeat for neo-liberalism in
> Europe.

I'm terrified of exit polls (obvious reasons) and praying this one is
accurate.   Combined with the French dockers' union's blockade of
Irish Ferries due to its employment of cheap foreign labour (it was
discovered last month that they were paying a Filipina beautician €1 -

 that's about $1.30 -  an hour), I'm just full of the warm fuzzies for
the French this weekend.

Not all their motives are as pure as opposing neo-liberalism of course
(and I know you weren't saying they are, Paul).  A French guy I met
last night told me he was voting no "To keep Turkey out".  I didn't
get the impression it was their human rights record he was concerned
with.