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French don't understand the meaning of Maastricht treaty?
PARIS, Sept 19: No one can say French voters don't have enough information about Sunday's vote on the treaty on European unity, reports AP
In the last two months the national printing office has produced 45.5 million copies of the treaty, 47 million explanatory pamphlets and 198 million ballots
All that for only 38.3 million registered voters.
The government has sent packages containing a complete text of the treaty, the explanations and ballots to every voter — prompting postal workers In some rural areas to state brief streaks to protest their weighty delivery loads
Copies of each document will be available at the polling centers across the country and In overseas territories
Voters have complained that the government hasn't made enough efforts to explain the Maastricht treaty, which proposes to bind the 12' European Community nations
in common economic and foreign policies and currency by 1991
What they really mean Is they can't understand the volume of titles, articles, clauses, abbreviations and sheer verbiage of the treaty, more than 250 pages tn its original form.
Ai least 15 books— at last count — have come out about Maastricht, seven arguing for the treaty and eight against.
Meanwhile, a frenzied campaign drew to a close Friday as French voters get one day of political tranquility before voting Sunday in a pivotal referendum on European union.
Everyone from the prime minister to Mikhail Gorbachev to a Bosnian soccer player had their say on the landmark treaty that was crafted to joint the European Community in common economic and diplomatic policies
Opponents of the Maastricht treaty claim the government is coercing voters
by threatening devaluation of the French franc If the outcome is "no".
"The government of Premier Pierre Beregovoy has lied to the people of France and taken the franc hostage,' said Phlllpe de Villiers, a renegade conservative ,lawmaker who broke with party rank* to become a leading anti- treaty voice. ’ With a single currency, the problems, the turmoils we are seeing today will get worse."
Monetary markets finished the week in turmoil after Britain and Italy withdraw their currencies from an exchange rate system designed to facilitate trade among European nations by limiting fluctuations In currency values.
The franc has stayed relatively stable, thank* to intervention by the Bank of France to prop up the French currency.
But Charles 1*88908, another conservative lawmaker at the
forefront of he "no" vote, said the turbulence resulted from the government’s claims that rejection of the treaty would mean financial disaster for Europe.
He said Premier Pierre Beregovoy and Finance Minister Michael Sapin "have created great tension In the European Monetary System and bear the blame for the current crisis."
Beregovoy has requested an EC summit meeting to seek ways of restoring currency stability.
Education and Culture Minister Jack Lang said Friday that defeat of the treaty, "would be a catastrophe... Europe would start going downhill."
He Appealed to voters to cast “yes" ballots, asking. "Do we want to build the No 1 cultural and economic power In the world."
Conservative leader Jacqus Chirac, who along with the ruling socialists supports
Maastricht, warned that rejection of treaty “would weaken and isolate France."
This breath of fresh air that was European construction risks collapsing," he told supporters In Grenoble.
Backers and foes alike agree that Maastricht will be doomed by a rejection from French voters. Integrated policies including a common currency and European central bank, called for by 1999, would be postponed Indefinitely.
Unofficial referendum results based on exit survey* are expected to be announced on French television as soon as polls close at 8 pm (1800 GMT) Sunday.
Friday's frenetic pace before the day off Saturday, when campaigning is banned, was full of emotional appeal* on both sides.
“The living forces of our country, the force* of the left, It will be your victory because In resisting Maastricht, you will have fended off a great
danger", Marchals said on the last day television broadcasts on the referendum were allowed.
Support came from outside France as well. Ex-Soviet President Gorbachev said in a letter made public Friday that he expected the French to vote “yes' and said Maastricht would contribute to construction of "a new. more creative and more fraternal world "
The smothering French media coverage of the cam . paign even quoted non voter Safet Susie, a Bosnian who play* for the soccer club Paris St Germain, as saying he sup ported a "yes " vote "for peace".
President Francois Mttte-rand kept quiet Friday, a week after he suddenly underwent surgery that revealed he has prostate cancer. He hay limited his participation In campaigning to a single tek-vlsed debate two weeks ago in hope* that hl* dwindling popularity won t affect the voting negatively.