EU Constitution drafter Valery Giscard d'Estaing says it was a mistake to let peasants actually read the Constitution before voting to ratify it.
He is quoted as saying, "It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text."
In other words, he is saying "I am smarter than all of you French people and I know what you need better than you do. Just trust me and vote for the thing." I guess that whole "consent of the governed" thing hasn't quite made it over to Europe yet.
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