[extropy-chat] EU constitution collapses

[Emlyn O'regan]

This isn't a collapse, it's just a temporary failure to reach agreement. The
EU has been doing this all along, and resolves it by backing off for some
more behind the scenes head kicking/arse licking/etc, uh I mean diplomacy,
then comes back to contentious issues again later. The EU doesn't appear to
do anything in a hurry, but stuff does happen eventually. So this kind of
sensationalist subject line is unwarranted, really.

Emlyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scerir at libero.it [mailto:scerir at libero.it]
> Sent: Sunday, 14 December 2003 6:50 AM
> To: extropy-chat
> Subject: [extropy-chat] EU constitution collapses
> 
> 
> http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/13/eu.summit/index.html
> http://news.ft.com/home/europe
> 
> It seems to me obvious that you cannot
> build a federation of (6, then 15, then 25) 
> very different states, having very different
> histories (and reciprocal wars), populations, 
> religions, etc., starting  from the economy 
> and markets, Political issues come first . 
> The EU founding fathers knew that very well. 
> s.
> 
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