"Le libéralisme serait aussi désastreux que le communisme", a dit Chirak.
Les libéraux (ou plutôt certains libéraux) ont bien pu se récrier, pourtant le chef de notre Etat-Providence (loué soit son nom) a presque dit la stricte vérité. En réalité, le libéralisme serait bien plus désastreux que le communisme !
En effet, mettez-vous à la place des politiciens : pour eux, rien ne saurait être pire que le libéralisme, qui détruit leur capacité de nuisance et expose à la vue de tous leur profonde inutilité. On peut comprendre leur désarroi : à quoi serviraient-ils, si on décidait de "laisser faire, laisser passer" ? Qu'est-ce qu'une société évoluée aurait à faire de tels parasites, inaptes pour toute autre activité que celle de politiquer ?
Le communisme en revanche leur permet d'exercer leurs talents de multiples façons : dans le meilleur des cas, on aura de beaux discours, la pauvreté pour tous (sauf pour la nomenklatura), la mise en place d'une organisation de la pénurie sans ticket de rationnement (ce qui est un progrès par rapport aux années les plus sombres de l'histoire de France) ; au pire, on aura famines, déportations, guerres et massacres de masse, au nom des grands idéaux égalitaires, de la défense du pays, ou de la pureté idéologique...
Même si on n'en est pas encore à de telles extrémités en France, on comprend aisément qu'un politicien français préfère le soviétisme bananier franchouillard, qui lui garantit une sinécure élective ou fonctionnariale, plutôt que de préconiser ou seulement de soutenir la moindre initiative libérale, qui pourrait lui coûter sa place.
Etre et avoir, c'est à dire justifier leur existence et se servir, telles sont les deux préoccupations de ceux qui feraient mieux de nous oublier, mais ne peuvent pas s'empêcher de se rappeler constamment à notre souvenir, pour notre malheur.
1.6.05
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qu'il faut remercier de même les Hollandais pour des raisons différentes.
Eurosceptics celebrate death of EU Constitution
Philipppe Naughton, The Times - 02 June 2005
British Eurosceptics celebrated tonight after the Netherlands’ resounding rejection of the EU constitution and said the dream of a “closer union” in Europe was now dead and buried.
Officials from the official ‘no’ campaign in the UK called on Europe's leaders to "respect democracy" and scrap plans to implement the constitution "by the back door".
Matthew McGregor from the campaign said: "This is a great result - the scale of the victory says it all. Europe's political elite must listen to the voters: we don't want this constitution and we don't want more EU integration. 'Ever closer union' has had its day.
"Pro-euro campaigners have tried to dismiss the result of the French referendum by saying that it wasn't really a vote against the constitution. That wasn't true for France and its even more unbelievable this time. The polls show that this was clearly a vote against giving more power to the EU."
Dutch voters rejected the charter by around 63 per cent to 37, a greater margin even than that seen in France on Sunday, when around 55 per cent of voters said no to the constitution. Both nations are founding members of the European bloc.
Appearing at a joint news conference, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, and Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg Prime Minister who holds the rotating EU presidency, both appealed for the process of ratification to continue. Mr Juncker said he wanted other nations to have the “opportunity” to debate the proposed constitution.
They were backed by Chancellor Schroeder of Germany, who nevertheless admitted the depth of the crisis engulfing the EU. “We must acknowledge that many Europeans doubt that Europe is able to answer the urgent questions of the moment,” Herr Schroeder said. “The crisis surrounding the ratification of the European constitution must not become Europe's general crisis.” Britain is alone among EU nations in refusing to confirm that its own referendum on the constitution will go ahead, with Tony Blair appealing for a “period of reflection” after the French vote.
The Liberal Democrats said the expected result would kill off any hope of a referendum in Britain and backed Mr Blair’s suggestion for the UK debate to be consigned to the backburner while European leaders decide on the next steps.
Sir Menzies Campbell, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, said: "All the indications are that the Dutch have confirmed the French position. "There is now no prospect of a referendum in the United Kingdom. What is required is a period of reflection so that the members of the European Union can determine the future. The EU will go on based on existing treaties, but it will not be long before the need for reform becomes acute."
Richard Whitman, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, said: "To have such a very, very large turnout after the French vote but also to have such an overwhelming 'no' is really crushing for the constitutional treaty. I think there's absolutely no way this document in its current form can go forward."
cf. nocampaign.com
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