Comments on Global Power Europe: Ireland: Don’t turn Europeans into minnows

The reaction of the so called big states of the EU...

2008-06-20T12:29:00.000+01:00

The reaction of the so called big states of the EU to the Irish vote should surprise no-one. The unstated racism (an Irish No does not equal a French No), the 'rapist's strategy' of the big countries(no means yes), all signal one thing. The EU is in denial about the real world and as such can never compete with China or the US. Europe is not nor will it ever be a state, federal or otherwise.

now that the Treaty has been rejected by Ireland, ...

2008-06-13T13:29:00.000+01:00

now that the Treaty has been rejected by Ireland, I am trolling blogs to vent my frustration, so let me just repost here what I have already written in the comment thread of afoe:

I feel that it is rather inappropriate to ignore the voices of the 26 countries which decided to form a Union based on the Lisbon treaty only because Ireland voted ‘No’.

Rejecting the treaty is

I reckon the reason we should NOT stay in Europe i...

2008-06-08T00:28:00.000+01:00

I reckon the reason we should NOT stay in Europe is simple. They comprise some of the most corrupt politicians on the planet (and, nowadays, that's saying a lot!).

Perhaps we will listen to you when the EU gets its accounts audited and signed off? But I think that will not be for a long time, if ever.

China is no direct competitor for the EU instead o...

2008-06-05T03:32:00.000+01:00

China is no direct competitor for the EU instead on the international level (WTO, World Bank and in lesser extent the UN) and there the EU already speaks with one voice.

If you are talking about China, I don't really see the problem of keeping the current approach: coördinate foreign policy

Russia on the contrary is a different story...