Constitution for a "better world"
An other week-end of propaganda in Spain: "If you consider yourselves citizens of Europe and want your children to live in a better world vote yes," Zapatero said. On Friday in Barcelona, Chirac - who assisted Zapatero's yes-campaign - called for "a massive yes vote which will serve as an example to the whole of Europe," insisting the Union would be stronger with its own constitutional arrangements.
Constitution allows “giant strides” in EU defence
An article in Saturday’s Telegraph on the meeting between Jacques Chirac and Jose Luis Zapatero last week quotes Chirac saying, “This Constitution allows Europe to take giant strides forwards in terms of defence.”
An article in La Tribune quotes Jacques Chirac saying that the Constitution represents “a positive step for workers” and that it “reinforces the European social model.” Les Echos reports that Zapatero argued that Spain’s prosperity would be “reinforced thanks to the Constitution” which, he said, “would institute a social model which aims to be the fairest and the most advanced.”
Fears of low turnout
However, fears of a low turnout are rising: An Ipsos poll Saturday showed that while around 80 percent of voters will cast their ballots in favour less than half of the electorate will turn out, economic daily Expansion reported. The polls showed young voters in particular plan to abstain.
Sick Schröder will arrive on Wednesday
German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who missed a meeting last week with Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and French president Jacques Chirac in Barcelona due to the flu, will meet the Spanish president Wednesday in Zaragoza, according to El Mundo. The meeting will focus on the Spanish referendum on Sunday.
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