[lbo-talk] Re: Vive La France!

Dennis Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Sun May 29 23:15:13 PDT 2005


Doug wrote:


> I don't know. Europe now has no political coherence - not that it had
> much before - undermining the fundamental basis for the euro.

We shouldn't underestimate the might of Eurocapitalism. What unifies the EU isn't a constitution, but the acquis communautaire -- roughly 80,000 pages of legislation, covering everything under the sun, plus six decades of economic integration.

It's ironic, because the UK was certainly going to reject the constitution anyway, making the whole exercise pointless. It's nice to see the Euroleft find its feet again, after the 2002-03 slump.

-- DRR



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