{"id":19630,"date":"2008-12-23T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/2008\/12\/23\/no-doesn-t-really-mean-no\/"},"modified":"2008-12-23T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T12:38:00","slug":"no-doesn-t-really-mean-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/magazine\/no-doesn-t-really-mean-no\/","title":{"rendered":"No doesn\u2019t really mean no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josie Appleton, del brit\u00e1nico <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manifestoclub.com\/\">Manifesto club<\/a>, reci\u00e9n ha presentado su fant\u00e1stico librito &#8220;EU Phrasebook. 27 ways to say no doesn&#8217;t really mean no&#8221;. Un compendio de frases de pol\u00edticos europeos de primer nivel que, de distintas maneras, niegan los resultados de los distintos referendums sobre los tratados europeos. Aut\u00e9nticas perlas que nos inidican cu\u00e1l es el juego democr\u00e1tico que sustenta la base de la Union Europea.<\/p>\n<p>Algunos ejemplos:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The european Constitution was the victim and not the subject of the referendum&#8221;. Val\u00e9ry Giscard<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to make it absolutely clear that, in my view, the No vote should not be interpreted as a vote against enlargement&#8221;. Bertie Ahern<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;After all, it has happened in the past that member states have voted no and we&#8217;ve managed to move on with new referendums&#8221;. Fredrik Reinfeldt<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Such historic decisions cannot be made dependent on the whims of changing opinion polls or referendums&#8221;. Gerhard Schr\u00f6der<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josie Appleton, del brit\u00e1nico Manifesto club, reci\u00e9n ha presentado su fant\u00e1stico librito &#8220;EU Phrasebook. 27 ways to say no doesn&#8217;t really mean no&#8221;. 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