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
Foreign governments friendly to France would be reluctant to share information with France if it might become public in a referendum debate.