EU constitution passes Spanish referendum

EU constitution passes Spanish referendum with all-time record low participation

Spain voted Sunday in favor of the European Constitution by 76% in favor and 24% of voters against amidst general public indifference and abstention.
The voter turnout, just 42% of eligible electors participating, became the lowest voter turnout in the history of Spain Democracy. Such a poor voter turnout came in spite of a highly emotional Orwellian style campaign led by Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero.

Such a disappointing result takes quite a bit of air out of the Euro victory balloon. It shows just how far the politicians pro Europe rhetoric is from the street. Every European people has been told for months that the Spanish are heavily pro Europe. Sunday's election results came as a slap in the face return to reality.

It could be reasonably argued that, to all intents and purposes, the Spanish are not in favor of this European Constitution with just shy of 32% of registered voters casting a yes ballot.

Indeed, Sunday's European Constitution referendum election results donnot reflect the will of the Spanish majority at all with participation as low as 20% in some regions.