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.
Le 2 juin 05, à 17:32, James Derrick Sidaway a écrit :
> Thanks for this. Has anyone seen a similar map for France? I am
> currently in the UK and have noticed how the British media are
> presenting the French and Dutch "no" as overwhelming (without any
> breakdown by region, social class and so on) - although the overall
> proportion of the electorate who voted no in France is not
> overwhelming...hardly more more than the percentage of Brits who voted
> for Blair in the UK's general election last month!
>
> Also, muslim friends in France tell me that most muslim citizens there
> mostly voted yes....since the EU is seen as a protection of sorts
> against the racist right. Did this also apply in the Nederlands?
>
> James D Sidaway
>
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> Dear all,
>
> for those of you interested in the Dutch 'no', here is a nice map:
> http://www.nu.nl/news/535080/11/
> Nederland_wil_pas_op_de_plaats_in_Europese_Unie.html
>
> It shows that the strongest resentment against the constitution comes
> from regions that traditionally are dependent on industrial employment
> (especially the Southern part of the Randstad) and that have a strong
> socialist heritage (Groningen in the North East).
>
> Regions that have a lot of high-tech services and university students
> and graduates have a higher share of yes voters (Brabant, Amsterdam,
> Utrecht and the lonely blue spot in the North that represents the
> student city of Groningen). The top-10 of yes voting municipalities
> are known as elite towns and villages, the rich suburbs of the
> Randstad cities (Wassenaar, Bloemendaal, etc).
>
> The no-vote is generally considered as a declaration of discontent
> against the established political parties in The Hague and the
> "Eurocrats" who are accused of turning the Netherlands into a province
> of a European super state. The socialist party (which has 8 out of 150
> seats in the Second Chamber) was the largest and most vocal critic of
> the constitution. Geert Wilders, who is building a party around his
> idea that "the vagaries of Islam" need to be stopped, was also with
> some success campaigning against the constitution.
>
> best wishes
> Justus
>
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