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Article: At a French rally, bring your economics text; What does John Stuart Mill have to do with the European Union Constitution?(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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Byline: Peter Ford
Only in France does the campaign trail take you to such obscure corners of political philosophy.
In the canteen of a local primary school the other evening, a speaker representing the "Collective for a Left Wing 'No' " was earnestly explaining why French voters should reject the draft European Union (EU) Constitution at the referendum to be held at the end of this month.
The somewhat scruffy audience of intellectual-looking types, squeezed onto child-sized benches, listened attentively as he explained - article by detailed article - how the charter would tear apart France's treasured safety net of social protection in the ...