The usual misinformed : the people

Reading the reactions and comments of Europe's political and cultural elite after the clear non and nien of France and the Netherlands to the so-called European Constitution, you realized the elite's arrogance.
The most arrogant was the editorial in Il Corriere Della Sera written by an ex European bureaucrat and former European Commissioner, Mario Monti. His thesis is cheap and demeaning : only people not informed will vote no. It is the most idiotic and cowardly excuse. To invoke such a excuse shows Monti's lack of intellect and complete disregard of of every democratic principle . When people do not vote the way we want them to, they are stupid or, to be patronizing, misinformed. Monti is syntomatic of the European elite. With such an elite, Europe cannot go far. But the "misinformed people" left such leaders behind.
It never occurred to Monti that perhaps if you want to create a political entity among the twenty-five countries of the European Union the best way to do it is to let every citizen elect the members of the constitutional assembly directly. Such a legitimately elected assembly will write a constitution that will surely be ratified by the electorate.
If the majority of the political and cultural European elite is truly distressed by the results of the referendum, instead of whining and insulting the electorate, it would be better to go back to the drawing board and elect the members of the constitutional assembly by a primary method. During the campaign the candidates would be forced to confront different constitutional visions of Europe. The primary campaign would be extremely participatory and, at the same time, a learning experience for the people of the twenty-five countries. Second, the Constitutional Assembly members would have six months to compose a constitution, which has to be for shortness and clarity based on the American and Swiss models, including a clear Bill of Rights. The actual elite is so brainless and so, to use strong words, intellectually f..up that is incapable of using the democratic method and therefore it is necessary to wait for a younger generation, which grew up in a more effective democratic world. The European Elite is completely out to lunch. What do you expect from an elite that choose Romano Prodi as president of the European Commission. Give the European people a break .
The other reaction : the Moroni reaction to "go back to the lira"is idiotic and dangerous from a financial point of view. In the petty mind of the Lega perhaps it is better to go back to the village and return to barter. By selecting a minister like Moroni, Italy shows that is not ready for a strong democratic Europe.