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That's the way it seems to be leaning: if the issues with the North can be sorted Ireland would probably sign up to deeper integration.

Anyway, be nice or we'll sink your treaty.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 08:37:53 AM EST
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that Sarkozy saved single-handedly?

Oh that would be so sad.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 09:01:16 AM EST
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Sarko will fly to Ireland personally to 'do things' and 'create a breakthrough' if there is any 'crisis'.

All on his own!

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 09:24:27 AM EST
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If this one were sunk, I would not be as depressed as with the constitution.

What mattered with the Constitution was the symbolic significance, the political momentum, and the expected choice put to the Brits to put up or shut up.

We have none of these in this case. Sure, there are good things on the substance (like increased powers for the Parliamen), but it's just not as important as the rest. It's been made into a non-event, which is just the way the anti-Europeans want it in order to keep the EU powerful enough for their pro-corporate backroom deals to happen, powerless for real change, and a convenient scapegoat unable to fight back.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 09:04:51 AM EST
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You hit it exactly right.

Sucking the personality from an advanced idea yet again. The worst kind of co-opting.

Anger Friday. Except for the death penalty advances and Italy tweaking Burlesoni, it hasn't been an upbeat week.

Time to change all this for the better.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 06:32:43 PM EST
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