Abiding to the Decisions of the People

Fire of Liberty

You know that the EU Constitution process is dead when a former Labour MP and EU Comissioner as well as a current Labour MP - who are generally supporters of the treaty - argue that the people of France have spoken and the government of Brussels should respect their decision. Just look what the Labourites had to say in The Times:

Writing in The Times today, Stephen Byers, the former Transport Secretary and a close friend of Mr Blair, says that calls for another vote in France betray the sort of "“institutional arrogance"” that the French public rejected.

"By their decisive vote, the people of France have killed the European constitutional treaty,"” he says. "“It would be a grave mistake . . . to ignore or try to explain away this expression of popular feeling."”

Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty, the former Labour leader and EU commissioner, said that the period of reflection that Mr Blair had requested after the French vote "“can only sensibly come to one conclusion . . . Referendums produce results and results have to be lived with."”

I love to read something where a politician accepts the will of the people. Maybe the EU should take some pointers from the Brits.