55% of those voting rejected the European Constitution. This reflects a deep-rooted opposttion to all the Hboral policles followed for 20 years In Europe.
This Is a popular, loft, Internationalist No, which will have a formidable echo among all the peoples of Europo. This No will be an encouragement for the development of social mobilizations.
It is also a new condemnation of Chlrac. ReJected by the moblizations, repudlated by the voters, his authority is completely Illegitimate. Jacques Chirac and his National Assembly must go.
This No from the loft creates an Immense hope. It Is now necessary to continue this unttary movement and to create the conditloss for a coming together of militant forces for a break with liberal capitallsm.
Chlrac must resignl The French National Assombly must be dissolved!
Chirac, the loader of the YES campaign, who fally committed himself to this campaign, has now been repudlated. He must resigal As for the French National Assembly, it supThere is not a minute
to lose, we have to
act and propose an
alternative to liberal capitalism, in Europe
and France, an
alternative that can
give new hope to all
those who are not resigned to a society
which breeds
poverty, inequality,
oppression, and war. ported ratification of the treaty by almost ninety per cent. So it too has lost any legitimacy it provlously had and must be dissolved We must resist the attacks that are coming!
In the next few weeks, Iberal measures, whether they come from the European Unlon or the now goverument, wil multiply: the Bolkester direc tive, lengthening of working hours, privatisation of French Gas, Imposition of a minimum service In the event of strikes in pubtle transport among others. It Is only through mobiIzation and struggle that we can man age to counter these attacks We continue the fight
One of the assets and the strength of the No from the left was the unitary dynamic that was bullt up. There were nearty 1,000 collectives across the country, which brought together mlitants from polltical partles, trade unlons, assoclations and those who are not organised. The meetings for a No from the loft attracted record audi
All those who took part in this campaign share the desire to continue, on the basis of fighting for the domands and expressing the aspirations that
during the campaign.
There not a minute to lose, have to act and proan alternative to liberal capitalisin, In Europe aad France, an alternative that can gle new hope to all those who are not resigned to a soclety which breeds poverty, inequal. lty, oppression, and war
We don't want this victory of the No from the left to the con stitutional treaty to be stolen from us.
So let us continue the stragglo all together!
LOR, May 30 2005