Eastern Europe also has a big stake in the outcome of the French referendum. Chirac made it perfectly clear how he feels about the new smaller countries when he told them to “shut up” when they disagreed with him over Iraq.
东欧和法国公投的结果也利害彼关。当那些小国对希拉克的伊拉克政策表示不同意见时候，希拉克通过让他们“闭嘴”明确地表示出了他对这些小国的态度。