Selv om hr. Verhofstadt meget gerne gør sig bemærket som talsmand for offentlighedens inddragelse via folkeafstemninger, har han ikke haft mod til at organisere den lovede folkeafstemning i sit eget land. ###>Although Mr Verhofstadt is keen to get noticed as the champion of public involvement via referendums, he has not dared organise the promised referendum in his own country.