FRANCE: LARGE RALLY HELD TO PUSH FOR A NO VOTE IN THE UP-COMING EU REFERENDUM

Record ID: 215413

  • Title: FRANCE: LARGE RALLY HELD TO PUSH FOR A NO VOTE IN THE UP-COMING EU REFERENDUM
  • Date: 22nd May 2005
  • Summary: (BN12)PARIS, FRANCE (21 MAY 2005) (REUTERS) 1. VIEWS OF RALLY (VARIOUS) 2. MAN WITH NEWSPAPER 3. COMMUNIST PARTY FLAG AND BALOONS 4. SOCIALIST PARTY STAND, WITH FLYERS AND PINS 5. ACTIVISTS HANDING OUT FLIERS 6. ATTAC STAND 0.30 7. SCU JOSE BOVE CHATTING WITH ANOTHER PERSON 0.35 8. (SOUNDBITE) (F
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA4V3Z8NB2B2PY0J10WYZH7XZ57
  • Story Text: Large rally in Paris to push for a No vote in the
    up-coming EU referendum.



    The largest gathering so far in favour of a "No"
    vote for the constitutional treaty on the May 29 referendum
    was held in Paris on Saturday (May 21, 2005).

    Activists and sympathisers from various organisations and
    political parties attended the event, which was held at
    Republique square from early afternoon and was scheduled to
    continue into the evening. Some 15,000 were expected to
    attend.

    The Socialist Party - which is deeply divided between
    those in favour and those against the treaty - the
    Communist Party and the antiglobalisation organisation
    Attac were among the most visible and vocal against the
    constitution.

    Jose Bove, the most well known French antiglobalisation
    activist, addressed the crowd with a strong message of
    rejection.

    "To reject the constitutional treaty means to give hope
    to the European people. If we vote no, we will not be
    trapped for 50 years into a constitution that supports
    liberal economic and financial laws and which will create a
    situation that can only get worse for everybody and generate
    delocalisations and joblessness, a totally
    unbearable situation", he said and added that a shorter
    treaty should be written in the next 4 years.

    The French referendum will be held on May 29. Various
    polls have repeatedly indicated that a rejection of the
    treaty is still the most likely outcome.


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