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Népszabadság, February 11 (4.00 / 3)

At last we hit the mainstream media here. This is from the Brussels reporter of the main centre-left daily.

Népszabadság Online: Állítsátok meg Tony Blairt!		Népszabadság Online: Stop Blair!
Már tizenháromezren írták alá azt a petíciót, amely a volt brit miniszterelnök jelölését ellenzi az EU állandó elnöki tisztére. Brüsszelben már megkezdődött a helyezkedés 2009-re.		Already thirteen thousand signed the petition which opposes the nomination of the former British PM for the post of the permanent President of the EU [sic!]. In Brussels, the positioning for 2009 has already begun.
Ezúttal nem Arturo Uit, hanem Tony Blairt kell megállítani. [...]		This time, it's not Arturo Ui, but Tony Blair who must be stopped. [Recounts Sarko's endorsement, Brown's public support]
A www.stopblair.eu internetes oldalon e sorok írásáig 13 ezren írták már alá azt a petíciót, amely ellenzi Blair jelölését. Az egyik ellenvetés vele szemben, hogy az egyik végletet képviselte az iraki háborúban, George W. Bush amerikai elnök legszorosabb szövetségeseként. Egy további, hogy miniszterelnökként az EU-alkotmányról szóló vitákban rendre a tagállami, nem pedig a közös európai érdeket képviselte - az ún. ,,vörös vonalakkal" -; a többi közt a szociálpolitika és az adózás közösségi hatáskörré avatásának megtorpedózásában. Szemére vetik azt is, hogy olyan tagország képviselőjeként érne célba, amely a huszonhetek három fő politikája közül kettőből (euróövezet, schengeni határőrizeti térség) nyíltan kivonja magát, a harmadikat (közös mezőgazdasági politika) pedig leépíteni igyekszik.		By the time these lines have been written, 13 thousand signed the petition at the internet site www.stopblair.eu, wich opposes Blair's nomination. One objection against him is that he represented one extreme on the Iraq War, as closest ally of American Presidentt George W. Bush. Another is that as PM, in the debates over the EU Constitution, he consistently represented the member state interests [as if!] rather than the joint European ones - with the so-called "red lines" -; among others, by torpedoing the declaration of social issues and tax harmonisation as community competency. They also object to reaching the goal as the representative of a country, which openly excludes itself from two of the 27 countries' three top policies (Eurozone, Schengen border patrol area), and tries to axe the tihrd (common agrarian policy) [hey, we didn't even mention that!].
[...]		[Mentions the post's terms, Juncker, and the speculation on other top EU posts]

Note: the governing Socialists and their PM view Bliar as a star. The above can be considered a VERY favorable coverage!

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 01:46:06 PM EST

Re: Népszabadság, February 11 (none / 1)

Ha! The journalist is actually a signatory (#13182)!

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 04:46:35 PM EST
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Re: Népszabadság, February 11 (4.00 / 2)

And almost scoring a Godwin point, too.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 05:24:28 PM EST
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