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Mitterrand makes passionate appeal for ’oui’ on Maastricht
PARIS. Sept 5- President Francois Mitterrand made a Clonate defence of the itrlcht Treaty tn a key television marathon, but ana lysis doubted on Friday he had made my major Impact on the neck and neck race to win the September 20 referendum, reports Reuter
Watched live by more than 22 million French viewers, the 75 year old soc ialist president said the Maastricht Treaty would protect France while re jection would badly hurt both the country and Europe.
This ts an admirable work for our generation, and even more for our children to tmag Ine the kind of Europe they will live. he said
Commentators said the three-hour programme In which Mitterrand successively faced ordinary citizens, jour nalists and a leading anti-Maastricht politician, appeared to have failed to make a deci stve impact ■ One could safely bet all rejoined their own camps after switching off the television set the newspaper France Soir wiki
The debate made little Impact on financial markets. Prices on the Paris bourse fell slightly by 0.3 per cent on profit-taking following a strong rise over the past few days
After a surge of the "no"
vote last month, recent opin ton polio have gwn th* pro Maastricht camp a slight had But margins of error kept the race very uncertain three weeks from the referendum
Socialist supporters. In-rlud ing European Community t hief Jacques Delors, praised MU terrand's performaniv Critics called him a liability and said he should leave the pro Maastricht campaign to pro Europeans in the opposition
Mitterrand received power ful backing from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who ignored charges that he was interfering tn domestic poll tics and urged French voters to seize the opportunity of European union.
Those who want to ensure the future must say yes to Europe, he said in a satellite link-up from Bonn
Mitterrand, at a popularity ebb. faced blunt criticism over rural despair, unemployment and Japanese economic com petition from a panel of voters — a rare event for viewers used to tame presidential interviews by tame journalists
He admitted his own unpopularity could sway the public to vote against the treaty Hut he declined to say whether he would resign if it was rejected — or even, as a Journal 1st suggested, promise to quit if It was approved in order to
nn™mllo^tesaw Mt Her rand winning on points a duel with neo Gaullist nattonaltot Phlhpe Seguin who said Maas trie hi led to a technocratic Europe leaving Its eastern former communist nei^ibours out In the cold
Mitterrand tried Io reassure voters that the treaty would bring Brussels technocrats un dcr tighter political control by elected leaders, and that east ern European countries were welcome to join as soon as
they felt economically fit
Socialist former Prime Minister Michel Rocard said the debate had dignity and panache and would give the campaign fresh momentum.
But centrist Gerard Longuet said Mitterrand had failed to make a decisive impact
Only the opposition can ensure a victory for the yes vote, he said. "A discredited soclaliat party can no longer do It" The leaders of the main conservative neo Gaullist and conservative UDF parties bock
Maastricht, but lace a rebellion from party supporters defecting to Seguin s no campaign
AP adds: European Community President Jacques Delors said he will resign If the Maastricht treaty, named after the Dutch town where the 12 EC leaders signed it last December, fails to pass tn France, his home country Britain will scrap treaty rat 1ft cation if France fails to muster majority support.
Military planners say that without French support of Maastricht. Europe is unlikely to develop a viable military al liance to complement or re place NATO.
Opponents charge that the treaty will create a faceless 'superstate' tn which Germany will gain influence at France s expense.
Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, calling himself a "convinced Europist," this week pleaded for a French “out". German Chancellor Hei mut Kohl appeared live on French television Thursday to assure voters that a "Yes' vote would not create a German dominated federation
In Britain and the United States there Is concern that uncertainty about the French verdict Is fueling a run to the German mark. The pound and the dollar are at historic lows against the mark.
"If the French decline to ratify Maastricht. not only wffl the treaty dead but the rue tions in the exchange markets are likely to be convulsive. Huge Young. political coium nlst for the Guardian, said Tuesday
Italy Is extremely worried about potential economic fall out from a French "no." which could force devaluation of the already embattled lira The Italian economy is struggling with high Inflation and interest rates and a huge public deficit
If France rejects the treaty, the Turin daily La Stamps said, we face a deterioration of re lations among Europeans, and between Europeans and the rest of the world '
Danes, the only Europeans so far to reject the treaty in a referendum, are closely follow ing the debate in France. Danish opponents of Maastricht say a ’no" vote would help their country gain more lever age In negotiating new terms
Irish voters, mindful of EC benefits to their economy approved Maastricht tn their own referendum in June
The economies of Spain and Portugal also stand to gain from the treaty. The Spanish newspaper El Pais predicted a defeat "would encourage sepa ratist national tendencies whl ch have had disastrous effects In eastern Europe."
Even the minister of oon EC Austria. Alois Mock, warned Friday that Maastri cht s failure would weaken peace and security that have been enjoyed "like never before tn history '
Earlier report adds. European Community finance ml nisters gathered Friday for a weekend meeting faced with the threat of renewed ex change rate turmoil if France rejects a treaty on European union
Britain and Italy each took dramatic steps shortly before Saturday » one-day meeting to maintain the value of their currencies against the powerful German msu-k within Europe’s exchange rate mechanism.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont, who was hosting a dinner Friday for his colleagues in this southwest England spa city, said originally the agenda would be a review of the monetary union proyamire
Officials said the ministers might now issue a statement expressing renewed eonfi dence in the exchange rate mechanism. But they denied that the main atm on Saturday was to devise a contingency plan for a French no vote
"We re not at the stage of drawl ng .up battle plans." said one French official, speaking on condition of anonyrntty