{"id":421,"date":"2005-04-12T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-12T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/04\/12\/the-tories-and-french-socialism\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:20:01","slug":"the-tories-and-french-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/04\/the-tories-and-french-socialism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tories and French socialism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The difficulties of a French “No” vote in their upcoming referendum are nicely summarised by Netlex<\/a>, though sadly in French, and I don’t have time to do a full translation. You could try and make do with Babelfish<\/a>, but it’s a bit rubbish. Short(ish) highlight bit:<\/p>\n

“si les conservateurs reviennent au pouvoir, ils ont \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdgalement pris l\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdengagement d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdobtenir la ren\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdgociation de leurs engagements europ\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdens, tout comme pr\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdtendent le faire les partisans du \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdNON\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd en cas de victoire, mais pour des raisons exactement inverses. En effet, les conservateurs trouvent que les fameux \u00ef\u00bf\u00bddroits sociaux\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd sont un obstacle \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd la cr\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdation d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdemplois, et qui freinent le d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdveloppement \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdconomique de la Grande-Bretagne.<\/p>\n

“[A] ‘Conservative Government will negotiate to restore our opt-out from the European Social Chapter and liberate small businesses from job-destroying employment legislation’.<\/p>\n

“Voil\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd qui donne une id\u00ef\u00bf\u00bde de ce qui attend les Fran\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdais qui voudront ren\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdgocier les dispositions de la Constitution, quand ils vont devoir affronter les Etats qui d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdfendent des positions diam\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdtralement oppos\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdes aux leurs.<\/p>\n

“..Il est donc tr\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds clair qu\u00ef\u00bf\u00bden cas de victoire d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdun \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdNon\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd fran\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdais, l\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdEurope va entrer dans une p\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdriode de crise, et d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdinstabilit\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd, et ceux qui pensent sans doute sinc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdrement, mais tr\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds na\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdvement, que les Fran\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdais seront en mesure d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdimposer une \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdConstitution sociale\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd des pays europ\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdens dont la majorit\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd n\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdest pas de Gauche, vont aller de surprises en d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdconvenues.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Approx paraphrased translation:<\/p>\n

If the Tories get in, they’ve said they’ll renegotiate with the EU, just as the [socialist] supporters of a French “No” vote in the upcoming referendum have said – but for precisely the opposite reasons. The Tories see the social rights the EU preserves as holding back the UK’s economic growth – and so we see what will await those French who want to renegotiate the constitution to gain more rights from countries whose ruling parties want less.<\/p>\n

It is therefore clear that in the event of a “No” vote Europe will enter a period of crisis and instability, and those who wish to impose a “Social Constitution” on countries whose majority is not left [or those who wish to remove rights from countries which are] will be in for a severe disappointment.<\/p>\n

Even shorter paraphrased translation: Renegotiation of the constitution may be impossible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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