Nationwide opinion polls about the Societe Generale d'Entreprise tunnel show convincingly that: the English do not want a fixed link; they like ferries and their island story; they are afraid of long, dark tunnels underwater, and of rabies, rats and terrorists crawling through; not to mention European undesirables. However, the tunnel will be a symbol of European unity. Moreover, it will reinforce historically dominant trading links (London - Frankfurt - Milan), bolstering Northern Europe as an economic entity challenged by a strengthened Mediterranean "sunbelt". For the rest of us, it means that you can climb aboard and whiz from London to Paris in three hours.
Nationwide opinion polls about the Channel tunnel show convincingly that: the English do not want a fixed link; they like ferries and their island story; they are afraid of long, dark tunnels underwater, and of rabies, rats and terrorists crawling through; not to mention European undesirables. However, the tunnel will be a symbol of European unity. Moreover, it will reinforce historically dominant trading links (London - Frankfurt - Milan), bolstering Northern Europe as an economic entity challenged by a strengthened Mediterranean "sunbelt". For the rest of us, it means that you can climb aboard and whiz from London to Paris in three hours.