It's exactly one week to
The Referendum. Will there be a Europe this year or won't there? The European Union was more France's project than anyone else's; if the French suddenly say Non there's going to be lots of polyglot arm-waving and excitement.
The media are all a-twitter, all the
European ministers are breathing heavily,
Libération, in the person of Jean Baudrillard, sees state fascism approaching
(but then Libération always sees fascism approaching, it's their gig.) My magic 8 ball points to
Oui. Oh wait, it changed its mind, now it says "reply hazy, ask again later."
posted by jfuller
on May 22, 2005 -
30 comments
Should Gaelic be an official EU language? As a happy member of the
SCA I promise to revise all my past snarkiness and negative thinking about the EU if this happens. I will
read (ploddingly and with a dictionary) all those speeches by Chirac and Schroder--as soon as they're translated into Gaelic. If
Maltese can be an EU language of diplomacy, why not Gaelic? While the world around us rages, we'll return to the Middle Ages.
(From crookedtimber)
posted by jfuller
on Jun 25, 2004 -
27 comments
