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the two issues are completely separate as legal processes
1) the socialist presidential candidate Jospin (former PM) lost to Le Pen in the secound round of the presidential election 2002. The "normal" expected second round socialist/republican was thus disabled. The reason for that is not PRIMARILY to be found in the many left-wing candidates in the first round, but because Jospin had a disastrous campaign not taking account of the security problems in some parts of France. He made excuses about that as recently as yesterday.
2) the 2005 referendum about the European constitution was formally supported by a "yes" vote after a socialist congress. But short after one of the main socialist leaders Fabius went into a no-campaign for pure electoralist purposes. Rocard doesn't play a role in the socialist party for many years now and supported the yes. The results were that the MAJORITY of the socialist voters voted no in an alliance with the extreme left and involuntarily with the Le Pen right wingers and the de Villiers catholic fundies. The yes-socialists were completely isolated in that process.
3) the votes of active party members in France play a little role, since the parties are not mass parties. The two biggest parties have each round 150 000 members and there are 30 millions potential voters in France. The winning no-vote to the referendum (no) was PRIMARILY due to the disapproval of Chirac's internal policies and the fear that "foreigners" would take French jobs in a market plagued by unemployment (the myth of the "Polish plumber"). It's a common phenomenon which is current in countries that uses referendum such as the Scandinavian countries. Voters don't answer the question, but send a message of disapproval to the sitting government. That's why countries like Norway, Denmark and Sweden have said no to obvious good deals like membership in the EU in the Norwegian case - or membership in the Eurozone like the two others. Then when the consequences show up, they go and complain about "being left out". Referendums are banned in some countries like Germany and I think it is a good thing.
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