>> In Germany, the government didn't even trust its own people to vote
>> "properly" on the constitution so they simply had the legislature ratify
>> it.
>
>I'm not a specialist, and I guess a German citizen with more knowledge
>than me in the Federal Republic's Grundgesetz (Basic Law) should clarify
>this point, but I'm not sure that the German Constitution allows
>referendums on such subjects. I stand ready to be corrected, though.
>
>[DPB: From what I have read in various analysis, the German government
>rightly figured out the population would reject the proposed constitution
>and simply did not ask the people.  I doubt very much they could not have
>had a referendum if they wanted one.]

Denys,
Christian is right, you are wrong as you lack the knowledge of the German
Grundgesetz and Verfassung.

>Denys, it's not "Merkle", it's Merkel. Angela Merkel. And, I agree, we'd
>better get used to her name. There's a snap election next fall in
>Germany, and it's gonna be interesting.
>
>[DPB: I was writing her name the British way.  :-)  And I only asked you if
>you could say it.  Does your spelling sound different than mine?]

If you want the German spelling of GWB, let me know and I'll send it to
you ;-)

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