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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002 time: 23:26
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor
The French-German motivation wasn't to be nice with the populations, but to give a strong symbol of the renewal of the French-German motor (which had been down for years). This renewal was especially important now, since the EU's constitution draft will soon be ready, and the big debate on who leads the future of the EU will take place. France and Germany want to keep their standing, as they have from the beginning inspired everything the EU has done.
However, former "underdog" countries such as Italy, Spain or Britain don't want to be led by the French-Germans anymore. Poland and likes also wouldn't want to enter the EU immediately stamped as vassals from Paris-Berlin.
Chirac and Schröder expected other countries to fall in line after their declaration of being hostile o war in Iraq. Other countries seemed to hesitate, since the letter has been published only a week ago. But fact is, other countries didn't fall in line, which is bad for Chirac and Schröder, for their willingness to remain the guides of the EU. |
Spiff, you must be one of the most rational people on this forum. I like your as low bias as possible attitude ... the US isnt bad, nor is it good... same goes for european countries. I think people on both sides of the Atlantic have been pointing fingers at the others a little too much.
Kman
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Dunkan, I don't consider what happned to the US as anything really important. I don't think you know what suffering means as a country. Hopefully, you'll never find out. What happened to you was nothing compared to say Serbia or Afganistan.
macTbone, I don't think these are comperable.
How does Chile feels about you for example? (I don't know I'm asking because I think Greece and Chile can be compared to what they suffered from the US, even though Pinochet was even more brutal).
BTW I don't "think", there's antiamericanism in Greece/Europe. There is.
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Bereta_Eder
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Throwing peanuts on defenceless civilians is a sign of intelligence?!
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