Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republicans, expressed on Saturday “quite impressed” by the Irish yes to gay marriage. “The Irish have said yes I have learned the simple conclusion. Every time we call on the people, the people spoke with a sense of responsibility,” he added before several hundred new members to his party in Paris.
Ireland is the first country in the world to be passed by a referendum on the issue of marriage for all. On May 22, 62% of voters approved to expand the union of two people regardless of gender.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, who had voted to repeal the law allowing gay marriage during the campaign for the presidency his party is especially complimentary about the method used. According to the former head of state, “from the time the vote is chosen, everyone must respect that decision.”
“It’s very interesting. I see some editorialists say that we should not ask this, not the question of this, presupposing that the people is not reasonable. I I presuppose that it is the elites enclosed in the single thought that are unreasonable, “he has also said.
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