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And the European Union as it is doesn't foresee the possibility of such a thing as a "satellite state" (with what statute?).

Greenland, anyone?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 11:10:07 AM EST
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Greenland is NOT an example we want to follow. Danish treatment of Greenland has been shameful at the best of times and outright colonialist at the worst.

And at any rate, Greenland is an integral part of Denmark in a constitutional sense. It's a Danish municipality that has been granted quasi-independence through various and sundry lex Greenlands.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 11:26:54 AM EST
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Indeed, there are many 'oversees territories' that are not officially in the EU. There also many that are. But Siberia is a lot bigger (42 milion people).

Either way, by the time we get around to Russian entry we'll be in 2040, or something. It's all very hypothetical.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 11:31:09 AM EST
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