This article examines some of the anti-sovereignty arguments circulating in the 1995 referendum debate. In contrast to 1980, democracy and globalization are now at the heart of discussions. One of the most often used anti-sovereignty arguments concerns the irreducible antimony between democracy and the nation-state, which requires the total submission of individual interests to the collective will. Another argument concerns the intensity of anti-sovereignty pro-federalist sentiments, a greater intensity than that of their opponents and which presumably requires the latter to yield. Lastly, this article examines the claim that globalization imposes a pressure for federalism.