French election and the EU

France's rejection of the EU Constitutional Treaty was a huge setback for Euro federalists. We have earlier reported the policy of cherry picking that treaty and proceeding without further referenda proposed by the likely leader on the right Nicolas Sarkozy. After the nomination of Ségolenè Royal as the socialist candidate, it seems from a report in today's Telegraph, linked here, that her proposal will be very similar but with a bit of English bashing thrown in (perhaps to disguise the anti-democratic nature of such plans). If the EU becomes an issue in the French election, with both main candidates agreeing only on how best to get around the earlier democratic decision of the electorate on the EU, this would surely seem to be for the main benefit of candidates from the smaller parties. This blog will follow these developments with great interest and report it here.