-
The battle between old and new France is now impossible to ignore
Columnist Nabila Ramdani argues that the colonial mindset is still very strong in a country looking to the past
-
France’s speed cameras are infuriating – and that’s why they keep getting vandalised
Columnist Samantha David says the devices seem designed to catch drivers out
-
Reinstating the French monarchy makes no sense at all
Columnist Nick Inman argues against a right-wing delusion
Tsk, Tusk...
The comments of EU Council president Donald Tusk [that Brexit could be stopped and that the 2016 vote was in effect a second referendum so arguments against a second referendum now are invalid] are pure sophistry.
The UK had a referendum in 1975 on membership of the EEC (as he states).
But the EU is so significantly different in structure, policy, political power and aspiration from the EEC that the two votes cannot be considered synonymous, hence there is no inconsistency in arguing against a second referendum, as he claims.
Misrepresenting the facts in this way, by no less than the president of the European Council, serves only to reinforce the views that gave rise to a majority voting to leave the EU in the first place.
Nigel Cogger, Lot
Stay informed:
Sign up to our free weekly e-newsletter
Subscribe to access all our online articles and receive our printed monthly newspaper The Connexion at your home. News analysis, features and practical help for English-speakers in France
