Clearly, political calculations played a role: Fabius intuitively felt that the French, especially those on the left, oppose the construction of Europe in its current form, and that carrying the banner of rejection could win him the party leadership – and thus its presidential nomination in 2007. This reasoning proved wrong: the Socialists’ members and voters know that there is no alternative to Europe and accepted the Treaty as a means of going further, despite its imperfections.
显然，政治考虑起了一定的作用，法比尤斯总理本能地感觉到法国人民反对当前模式下的欧洲建设，尤其是左翼人士，而高举反对口号可以帮助他赢得本党领导人位置，从而获得2007年总统候选人提名。但这个推理被证明是错误的。因为法国社会党成员和投票者们知道，尽管欧盟宪法条约并不完善，但为了欧洲的发展，除了接受别无选择。