France will hold a referendum on the Constitution for the end of this month, and a French “No,” the British seem to think, might make their problem go away. For the general expectation is that if France rejects the Constitution, the Constitution would be dead, and no British referendum would be needed.
布莱尔政府也许指望发生在国外的事件能救他们一把。法国将在本月底就宪法举行全民公决，在英国看来，法国的一声“不”也许就能解决他们的问题。因为人们普遍认为，如果法国反对宪法，那么宪法就不会生效，那么英国也就不需要举行什么公投了。