Claude: To introduce greater public accountability into French foreign-policy decisions, France should hold referenda on major foreign-policy issues  Election results are too imprecise to count as a mandate, since elections are decided on multiple issues  Lorraine: The general public, unlike people in government, is unwilling or unable to become informed about foreign-policy issues
Ttherefore, the introduction of such referenda would lead to foreign-policy disaster
The general public has little desire to become informed about foreign-policy issues precisely because it has little or no power to influence foreign-policy decisions.