The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Sunday, May 29, 2005  

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
This Just In

The International Herald Tribune is reporting, as of about five minutes ago, that French voters today rejected the proposed European Constitution by a margin estimated at 57 percent to 43 percent, that according to French Interior Ministry officials.

[Post-publication addendum: For more about the French vote see: “French Voters Soundly Reject European Union Constitution,” by Elaine Sciolino, New York Times; “Chirac ‘Prend Acte’ due la Victoire du Non au Referendum,” Le Monde; “Jacques Chirac: ‘La Décision de la France Crée Inévitablement un Contexte Difficile,’” Le Monde; “Les Français Torpillent la Constitution Européenne,” La Tribune de Genève; and “La France Dit Non, Jacques Chirac Prend Acte, l’UE s’Inquiète,” La Libération.]

| HOME |

The Rittenhouse Review | Copyright 2002-2006 | PERMALINK |

CONTACT
BIO & STUFF
PUBLICATION NOTES
LINKS