Sarkozy, the EU and Democracy's death

Well we had to wait until the dying moments of last evening's clash between the French Presidential candidates but at the third prompting from interlocuter PPDA the EU was addressed. The Daily Telegraph report on the TV debate is here. As we have already reported here, here and most significantly here, Nicolas Sarkozy's position on the failed Constitutional Treaty is quite clear, he re-iterated it again last evening most forcefully and clearly, my own summary of his basic position is the following: === The Constitution is finished and it is pointless even trying to revive it. There are elements of the failed Treaty that are essential for the smooth running of the EU such as an elected President and dropping the national veto in certain crucial areas such as immigration. These changes will therefore be imposed as an administrative formality!==== At least the French will know what they will get with President Sarkozy before he is elected to head their nation, although the woolly minded nonsense spouted by his opponent throughout thetelevised debate leaves thinking voters with little other choice. As Blair half announces his departure this week, in typical style he apparently plans to assent to these administrative changes without informing his duped electorate or it appears Parliament. As Mr Sarkozy explained, his position is the same as that being pushed by Germany's Merkel, Britain's Blair and Spain's Zapatero. On the Radio 4 Today programme this morning a Dutchman asked about the potential loss of their largest Bank ABN Amro to British raiders implied that the Dutch man on the street was becoming beyond care having lost their steel industry to British Steel, Corus and their successors and their airline KLM to the French. He did not have to expound further, how then must the Dutch now feel at their democratic rejection of the Constitution being thus ignored?