There are increasing signs that the Dutch too may vote no in their referendum on the EU’s proposed ‘constitution’ (due June 1st). Regrettably, this encouraging development may have driven two Dutch ministers into the madhouse. Over at the EU Referendum blog, Helen has the details:

“One Dutch Minister has shown himself to be even sillier than our own politicians by announcing that if there is a no vote in the Netherlands, the economy will collapse because “people would stop buying things like television sets”. Why on earth would they do that? …Then, as some of our readers have already noted, the Dutch Minister of Justice announced that if the Constitution fails, the whole Continent will collapse into immediate and prolonged warfare. Look at Yugoslavia, he wailed.”

Of course, there could be another explanation for this bizarre behavior. Maybe these pro-constitution activists are not poor, deranged souls in urgent need of psychiatric treatment. Maybe they are just hacks trying to scare the Dutch people into a yes vote.

Oh, it couldn’t be that. Could it?