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In an attempt to obtain the consent of the people of France during the referendum on the European Constitution, the ‘Yes’ camp, particularly within the UMP, made them three promises: that the Bolkestein Directive would be withdrawn; that VAT would be lowered for the catering sector; and that the plan for Turkey to join the EU would be abandoned. The people of France are finally going to end up with Turkey, the Bolkestein Directive and an unchanged VAT rate.
The compromise on which we are voting today is a seemingly watered down version of the original text, which includes, as a double whammy, full powers for the Commission and the Court of Justice to re-establish the initial text. How can Mr Toubon say that, by adopting this compromise, he hopes to ‘avoid the worst’?
The worst would therefore mean there being no directive, but that was precisely the promise made to the people of France in 2005 by the UMP and the Head of State!"@en1
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