French prepare for referendum
Europe’s landmark new constitution faces a make-or-break referendum in France tomorrow, when a polarised nation decides whether to boost or block the next giant leap forward in a half-century of efforts to unite the continent.
After months of impassioned debate over the merits and drawbacks of the European Union’s historic first charter, the complex business of getting 25 countries to agree on an ambitious road map for their future hung on the two simplest words in the French language: “oui” and “non”.
