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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Signs of Life in Moribund Europe?
This, and Sunday's non vote in France, might indicate an answer of oui, for whatever the reasons: 'No' expected as Dutch vote on EU charter.

As an aside, this was the first referendum in 200 years in the Netherlands. Referenda the world over should be so infrequent! Fareed Zakaria does a fine job exposing the colossal stupidity of governance-by-referendum, using California as an example, in The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.