For Andrew, two questions:

1. If the French and Germans both vote “yes” but the Dutch vote “no,” what will happen? We’ve been told over and over that the constitution must be adopted unanimously–that is, by every member nation of the EU–before it will go into effect. Is it conceivable, though, that, should they squeak yes votes from their own people, the French and German ruling elites will permit their grand plans to be impeded by the grumpy denizens of a little country such as the Netherlands?

2. If by contrast either the French or the Germans vote “no,” what will happen then? Wouldn’t a “no” vote by either country prove devastating to the entire scheme to create a United States of Europe? Isn’t it possible, in other words, that we stand less than a month from the irretrievable crack-up of the vision that has absorbed the best energies of the continental elites for some four decades? Has Europe itself absorbed that possibility? Has anyone in this country?