Mitterrand

Mitterrand

Extract from the speech of the President of the Republic, François MITTERRAND, broadcast the day before during the election evening of the referendum, following France’s narrow ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. François MITTERRAND: "I said at the beginning of the electoral campaign...that there would be neither winners nor losers. Today’s vote commits all of France but I respect the sentiments of free citizens who, by voting "no" wanted to safeguard values in which they believe. Now imagine the joy of the countries of the Community, our closest friends, who were looking to us for the sign they needed. Imagine the joy of the other European countries, almost all of them, who aspire to join us, especially those who have been deprived of their freedom for so long. I am pleased, my dear compatriots, that you have chosen youth, renewal, the safeguarding of the present, which requires from you so much effort and opportunity, every chance of the future."

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File : Maastricht agreements

Publication date : 21 September 1992