a clear NO from france on the EU constitution
 

the french are against the EU constitution... they're afraid foreigners will take their jobs.

right now unemplyoment is 10% in france. personally I think it's because they're lazy and they can have a decent life living on government's money.

great... that puts holland off the hook!

Why do the French line their streets with trees?

The Germans like to march in the shade.

What is unemployement in the US ? the real rate ? not the fake one cauz they put all the people that have been unemployed for over 2 years in another category ?

I've read in an economics newspaper that US companies employed 280k people only in april, that's why the dollar is climbing. Slow, but it's climbing.
another fact : in US there are 7.5mil people with over 1 mil $ now - of course most of them because of the overpriced real estate ;)

The French were always a pain in the ass to deal with! :-) Even on a business level, - damned fussy! But, they got some good stuff as well - some culture helps :-)

BTW... They tend to flock to cities, - so there are some nice chateau's to be bought up cheap - with original features!

"What is unemployement in the US ? the real rate ? not the fake one cauz they put all the people that have been unemployed for over 2 years in another category ?
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If you use household figures (i.e., self employed porn webmasters etc.) it's 4.8% !

I think the EU constitution needs to be re-negotiated and the rest of the voting on this will probably go the same way. There are some great things about the EU but the constitution needs to be brought back up to date in my opinion.

you can stick your very clever remarks about french people UP YOUR ASS
what do you know about france and french people except what you THINK you know ?
not even sure you can say where's the country on a map
so go back working and STFU

About France: I know more than 50% french people know about it.
With this post you are strenghtening my thoughts about french people.
A bunch of arrogant, nationalistic fucks.

Many "no" advocators also feared that the charter will bring new competition from central and eastern Europe, where labor costs are lower, said analysts.

For the opposition camp, the constitution means damage to French economic model and Anglo-Saxon influence in the EU.

The charter enshrines an "ultra-liberal economic model which puts market interests ahead of social concerns, said opposers.

"To many voters, the treaty is a liberal charter, which puts our social system into question," said Stephane Rozes from the CSA polling group.

"If we vote for this treaty, we are denying ourselves the means to fight for job protection, wage levels and workers' living conditions," said Henri Emmanuelli, a Socialist of the "no" camp.

They said the charter makes EU's defense dependent on NATO, and therefore the United States.

"To many French people, this is directly liked to US policy, highlighting US imperialism in military and economic matters," said Sinean.

they understood shit!

flashfreak just curious where you are from? Because you sound stupid

While on Cloud 9 - is that where you learned about "Freedom Fries" and other simplified charicatures of other nations absorbed from "sound bites"??? :-)

It wil newer work.. you have 7 different major religions, and the economics of the countries are SO different.. It's a good thought, but it will never work...
Its not like the Us.. your stats are almost equal, but the countries in europe er SO different...and it Cost BILLIONS just to do the paperwork... its a big joke

justsexxx: I'm from Romania, we've been in communism 50 years and I know what this "we don't sell our country" attitude means on the long term.
I'm liberal and I think if we'll still cover this socialist bullshit under the carpet we'll never see the economy going up. plain simple.
I think dutches will vote "no" for constitution too, you'll see how this "no" will affect euro in the next weeks

Ah.. hear where you are coming from flashfreak and understand!

I thought it was some banal taught "French bashing" again from the US element:-)

Who knows, but I suspect Holland will produce a "no"... but they will get back to the drawing board and come up with a clue! All this stuff is gonna have a ripple effect on countries, same as Germany had with the Eastern block integration, but despite that, they are handling it - tho maybe broke in the process! :-)

if done properly it will work

no more nationalistic than americans :1orglaugh

La France est foutue.
En 2015 le nouveau Président de la République sera élue, son nom est: Mohamed Jacquin. En 2021, il imposera la Charia en France, en 2023 il périra dans la Grande Guerre de 23, qu'il a commencé...
Bye bye...

Someone needs to tell France their time as a world power ended LONG ago.

computers could do it, but not people

They should find a way to do it without France....NATO went on after those pussies decided they didn't want to be a part of it either....fuck the french. :321GFY

The USA can hold 50 states together and prosper, as it was designed that way.

Europe is trying to take individual countries, that have fought each other for centuries, with different languages, different traditions, etc etc.

The EU can not keep 25 states in order, and the nationalistic pride of the once been world powers is going to make it fall apart.

True original thought is squashed in Europe, because of fear it will break the status quo of the cradle to grave.

excellent

A) As I posted earlier I another thread the US actually didn't have a Constitution and a real federal government until 1789. That's 13 years after the signing of the declaration of Independance and 6 years after the Revolutionary War ended. Until then each state had it's own laws and banks and money etc.

B) yes we are held together today, but rememebr we did have a civil war.

C) Texas at one time was actually an independant nation. They could have stayed that way but saw the sense in being part of a larger union. California if it was it's own country would have the world's 10th largest economy. So why don't they break away? Because they also see it makes more sense in being part of a larger union.

seems to me that the big US propoganda machine has said that its a bad thing that france voted NO. So i guess the US has a little plan for one big europe.
And all the ppl who aint from europe fall for the propaganda like a blind muthafucker and cuss out the french.
France did a great job voting you assholes, and i like the french for voting No and we will be the next one. So
anyone who aint in europe: STFU you dont know what your talking about

Actually I suspect those in power are HAPPY about france voting no. I would be.

Coming from the same group of people trying to tell America what to do and what to think.

Honestly, I have disliked about MOST of the French people that i have ever met. On the other hand, my Gf is French. :(

So true. :)
Even Quebecers maintained that crappy attitude.

Do you watch european tv shows, documentaries and movies on a daily basis? Do you follow all the news about our economy and politics on a daily basis?
I do, with america, so i know what im talking about. You dont know what youre talking about, judging by your anti france ramblings.

reminds me of...... americans

Good thing I am Canadian :)

reminds me of .....assholes

You watch TV news about America and that makes you think that you know what is going on here!

This is the funniest post in this thread! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You're being a complete idiot regarding this. Please stop.. I used to like you.

Blah. Just stop being arrogant / ignorant.. unless you're every French person living in France, you can't know what they're thinking, they're reasoning or their logic or their culture and life-style and why they decide what they decide. If that doesn't make sense to you.. well, I can't explain further.

Matt

Everyone assumes, when they shouldn't. They assume and make an ass of themselves, because there's no way they can know. The only action or thing you can do is LISTEN, not respond or critique or comment on another country / culture.

Matt

France is always trying to show that they can stand on their own two feet. Even though they can not.

Mohamed Jacquin is awaiting :2 cents: