Selv om hr. Verhofstadt meget gerne gør sig bemærket som talsmand for offentlighedens inddragelse via folkeafstemninger, har han ikke haft mod til at organisere den lovede folkeafstemning i sit eget land.
Although Mr Verhofstadt is keen to get noticed as the champion of public involvement via referendums, he has not dared organise the promised referendum in his own country.