the times article with map did say that britanny had always been more
pro-EU than the rest of France, though I haven't put this to the test.
I think it was a 'consumption class' issue - rural France said no because
of agricultural subsidies; working-class France said no because of threat
to welfare state; middle-class France said yes because ideological more
committed to neo-liberalism and European unity!
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Hillary Shaw wrote:
> One Uk newspaper (think it was The Independent) did have a map of departments
> in France voting yes/no. Regret I didn't buy it but I do remember there was a
> definite split between the France west of Le Mans, eg brittany peninsula and
> a bit east, south, of that, - voting 'oui', and the rest of france which
> largely seemed a solid 'non'.
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> Not sure if this was a Breton / French split, or due to 'colonisation' by
> 2nd-home-owning Brits, maybe of the enterprising/older/wealthier sort who would
> say 'yes'- assuming such expats have a French vote, tho' not sure there would
> be enough of them to influence the vote anyway. I glanced at the same paper
> which gave a breakdown by age, class etc, it tended to be older, wealthier,
> higher paid workers who were in favour, the rest voted more no.
>
> Hillary Shaw, Geography, University of Southampton
>
>> In France, there were "cartograms" on different aspect of the vote on
>> wednesday 31 in the newspaper Liberation (in a special "cahier
>> central": it might only exist in a paper version, not electronic), and
>> in the Swiss newspaper Le Temps. They were made by a team of academic
>> geographers.
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