Referéndum: Populismo euro demagógico

Con cuatro días de anticipo, Financial Times, subrayaba el miércoles pasado el riesgo del populismo europeista, conduciendo hacia lo desconocido a unos Estados que imponen decisiones burocráticas tomadas con un respaldo social modesto, insistiendo hasta que punto la UE se aleja de la vida diaria de los ciudadanos a quienes dice representar: Referendums take European politics to the unknown By George Parker and Leslie Crawford February 16 2005 20:25 They do not know and they do not care. But Spanish voters will this Sunday be asked to deliver their verdict on the new European Union constitutional treaty, launching a fraught 18-month political process that will have a profound effect on the EU's future. José Lús Rodrguez Zapatero, Spain's socialist prime minister, hoped the poll would be a showcase of his country's European fervour. Instead, the referendum threatens to highlight how remote the EU has become from its citizens' lives.