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Why can't Ireland be more like France, and so be eternally popular thoughout the EU ?

  • We should pass all Referenda like the French...oops, they already shot down the EU Constitution didn't they ?

  • We should at least be as open to new countries as the French.....oops, actually we allowed the Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Czechs etc free movement of labour right from the start....how are France (and Germany) doing with that one ? But sure we are bad Europeans. Tsk Tsk.

  • Well, in that case, Ireland should at least allow another member's goods pass through safely without being held up by its gridlocking strikes....oh, looks like we doing a bit better than France on that one as well....

Still, what did the Romans ever do for us ? :-)
by MoveAlongFairlyLively on Fri Jun 20th, 2008 at 11:22:03 AM EST

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jun 20th, 2008 at 11:45:23 AM EST
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Thanks

Nice Youtube ! ;-)

by MoveAlongFairlyLively on Fri Jun 20th, 2008 at 05:47:13 PM EST
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Welcome to ET.

Yeah right - I thought everybody hated the French and loved the Irish?  And it's not as if the French route a lot of their stuff through Shannon, is it?  Sometimes we're a bit too flahoulough with this fee movement of everything stuff.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Jun 20th, 2008 at 12:36:54 PM EST
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Thanks.

Everybody loves the Irish when we stick to holding court in the pub and not getting involved in matters that don't concern us...such as Treaties and the like !!!

If the French did route stuff through Shannon, they might find it far more effective than when our goods try make it through the frequent blockades ! ;-)

by MoveAlongFairlyLively on Fri Jun 20th, 2008 at 05:50:45 PM EST
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