France pulps copies of EU treaty
The French government has destroyed 162,000 copies of the EU constitution because the phrase “incoherent text” was printed on a page by mistake.
The copies had been intended for use in town halls and libraries across France.
But they were recalled after the mistake was spotted. It is not known who was responsible for inserting the offending comment.
French voters will decide on whether or not to back the EU constitution in a referendum next month.
Proofreaders failed to spot the footnote on a page containing Article 1/33 of the constitution - which relates to legislative acts.
They should have left it in. It might have been the one clear statement in the whole thing. Sorry I can’t comment further, I’m giggling too hard. Hat tip: InstaPundit.
That’s Hi-larious.
Nothing like a little satire in a footnote. Somewhere down the line Chirac, or Le Monde, will claim the unnamed proofreader was a Karl Rove tool.
Comment by Marc — 7 Apr, 2005 @ 21:57