From: Suzanne de Brunhoff (suzanne.de-brunhoff@LAPOSTE.NET)
Date: Thu Jun 09 2005 - 13:27:40 EDT
Dear Jerry Neither nationalism or racism aamong most of theFrench leftist who said no to the europan Constitution . Against social dumping and growing unequality and poverty within France and other countries. Monks, who is the head of theEuropen unions Confederation, including French unions, was for answering "yes". After the French no, from 80 % french workers, he said that the Constitution was "not enough social",and should be better. We have read the text, and discussed it with a lot of "ordinary people" .During the same time, we had our current activities: support to migrant people, criticism of business quotas and of "fortress Europe" , and so on. Each week I read the Eonomist, for getting informations about business. Not about left policy: The Economist supported war against Irak, while French people did not.. Of course there are nationalists and racists in France. But I think that it would be terribly worse if competition among workers was seen as a good thing . Sorry to desgree with you, dear Jerry. Best wishes Suzanne de Brunhoff . ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM> To: <OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [OPE-L] The New European Anti-Globalization Movement? > > Attached is the draft of a Decraration of European Economists for an > > Alternative Economic Policy in Europe on the French (and Dutch) NO to the > > "European Constitution". > > Hi Giannis: > > Thanks for bringing this document to our attention. > > There seem to be a number of Left Keynesian perspectives embedded within > the EuroMemorandum Group (June, 2005) statement. On some points the > statement seemed to be rather vague: e.g. on monetary policy (what is, for > example, the "optimal policy mix"?; what specifically is meant by the > "coordination between monetary and fiscal policies"?; how would central > bank structure have to be changed for monetary policy to be "embedded > into a democratic process of discussion and decisions of economic > priorities"?). > > What struck me the most was the lack of recognition that a No vote against > the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands was also supported by > some significant nationalist and reactionary forces. Shouldn't a > recognition of this fact be part of the public debate that the > EuroMemorandum Group statement calls for? Surely, now is not the time > for progressives in Europe to be silent about racism and nationalism, is it? > It should be noted in this connection that the statement has nothing to say > about immigration policies. > > In solidarity, Jerry > > PS: is the journal _Thesseis_ still being published? If so, what are the > subjects of recent issues? >
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