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Being ideologically inclusive and all (see Starvid's comments on Sarko, via Brooks on Obama, yesterday), can't we cite some classic de Gaulle?:

« L'Angleterre n'est plus qu'un satellite des Etats-Unis...Si elle entrait dans le Marché commun, elle ne serait que le cheval de Troie des Américains. Cela voudrait dire que l'Europe renonce à l'indépendance. »

Needless to say, what goes for the poodle nation goes for the poodle in chief.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 11:04:46 AM EST
You have to make it possible for British Europhiles to support the petition.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 11:42:12 AM EST
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Well, the Welsh and the Scots are ok with me.

The good general was only talking about England...

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 12:01:08 PM EST
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I agree with Migeru: we should word it in order to find the greatest consensus possible, including UK citizens. In fact, we should try to find allies in the UK (blogs and/or organisations).

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 12:48:22 PM EST
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Indeed. If this would be a narrow opinion piece, you could also have slammed him for installing Barroso and cuddling up to Aznar & Berlusconi.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 01:05:01 PM EST
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And for contaminating Europe with the Anglo disease...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Thu Jan 31st, 2008 at 01:08:47 PM EST
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