Quote Originally Posted by Meneldil
Actually, I think the Bolkestein's directive doesn't concern work hours and wages (according to what my teachers told me and to what I read on wikipedia - yeah, there's a whole huge article about the bolkenstein's directive on wikipedia).
Blatantly I'm mistaken on the name but unfortunately the consequences are the same

Sorry to disagree, but Turkey and Chirac played quite an important role in the referendum. A good part of the people who voted 'no' were from the far right wing, whose main argument was "No to the turkish europe" (while the Constitution was a way to prevent Turkey from entering the EU - and I'm all for turkey to join the EU, as it would, as someone said, show an other way of developement for muslim nations). A lot of people from moderate and far left wings also voted 'No' because they wanted to sack Chirac.
During the TV show that took place a few days before the vote, more than 2.500 people asked questions about Turkey.
I suppose I obliterated the far right and far left supporters from my mind because I don't consider them sensible
Yet, even though Turkey and Chirac have played a role, I still think it's the unreasonable fear of liberalism that sealed the doom of this Constitution.