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Netherlands reject EU constitution

category international | eu | news report author Wednesday June 01, 2005 21:27author by Nee

Blow to Neo liberal constitution

With voting completed exit polls indicate a 62% No vote.

Final results to follow

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63% vote Nee - Radio Netherlands
author by Neepublication date Wed Jun 01, 2005 21:32author address author phone

Exit polls indicate the Dutch electorate has overwhelmingly rejected the EU constitution in today's referendum: 63 percent voted against the document with 37 percent voting for it. The turnout was 62 percent

- Radio Netherlands

Fantastic result!
author by socialistpublication date Wed Jun 01, 2005 21:47author address author phone

Result really shows that the neo liberal politics that the EU is all about is not popular.

down with EU capitalism!

Long Live international socialism!

Results as they come in
author by Neepublication date Wed Jun 01, 2005 22:04author address author phone

http://teletekst.nos.nl/?450-01

Go to page 453

Left role
author by Korschpublication date Wed Jun 01, 2005 23:49author address author phone

The radical left played a major role in the No victory in the Netherlands. This campaign was led by the Dutch Socialist Party. Contrary to a posting on another thread this campaign had no links with the right wing No campaign. The DSP are strongly anti-racist and would have nothing to do with Wilders racist/anti-immigrant politics.

The DSP grew out of a small maoist group but has been transformed into a mass democratic party. Despite the name it is not linked to the London based CWI, though a tiny CWI faction exists within the party.

With more than 44,000 members, the DSP is the third largest party in the Netherlands in terms of membership. Only the Christian Democrats (CDA) and the Labour Party (PvdA) are larger. It is a thoroughly democratic party. Each branch elects its own board and representatives and delegates people to other democratic institutions within the party, including its ruling bodies, the Party Council and the Congress.

The DSP has eight MPs in the Lower House, four in the Upper House, two in the European Parliament and over two hundred representatives in city councils, sub-councils and provincial councils.

The other so-called left parties, the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and Green Left (amalgamation of Greens and former Stalinists)campaigned for a Yes vote.

see link: http://international.sp.nl/

Remember:
author by :-) - steady as she goes.publication date Thu Jun 02, 2005 01:46author address author phone

We won a long time ago, we are Europe, now we finish with the fash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4601527.stm

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