 Complete the following phrase:  A larger group of voters, however, voted No for reasons that were connected to the Constitution itself. 48 thought the new Constitution was worse than the existing treaties, and 44 cited the declining influence of the Netherlands in the EU, with the treaty as an important motivation. Linked to this was a fear of being dominated by the powerhouses of the European Union particularly the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The perception of an aggressive and ruthless style on the part of the Yes campaign also put off many. The Minister of Justice, Piet Hein Donner, warned that a rejection would raise the chances of war and stated that the C in CDA for Christian implies that you vote in favour of the constitution. The Minister for Economic Affairs, Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, said that the lights would go off in the case of a rejection and that the Netherlands would become the Switzerland of Europe. The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy withdrew a controversial television broadcast, in which rejection was connected with the Holocaust, the 