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Roads to war in Europe | 272 comments (272 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Roads to war in Europe (none / 0)
Neither cyprus nor greece were EC members back then.
by IM on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 03:57:55 AM EST
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You're right. But Greece and Turkey were in NATO, which didn't stop them.

Syria is a member of Sarkozy's Union for the Mediterranean. Does that count? Or did that come to an end with Sarkozy himself?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:08:26 AM EST
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Re: Roads to war in Europe (4.00 / 2)
Yes, but so is Norway, if I remember correctly.

i.e. it was an interesting idea, but was nobbled by northern european hegemony.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:12:41 AM EST
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There's an article there (none / 0)
that I've been meaning to write for a while: How Merkozy Killed EuroMed

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:25:00 AM EST
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I thought you had. I'm pretty sure it was both incisive and scathing.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 06:35:15 AM EST
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Either I have Alzheimer's, or you do, or it was a rant over chat.

I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 06:56:07 AM EST
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Re: There's an article there (none / 0)
In a comment thread.

Several comment threads, actually.

Don't recall where and when, though.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 02:55:47 PM EST
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Oh, yeah, I was screaming bloody murder as it happened, too.

I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 03:17:24 PM EST
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Re: Roads to war in Europe (4.00 / 3)
No, it isn't. It's the EU plus Mediterranean states. The later include Palestine, represented by the Palestinian Authority (which does not border on the Mediterranean) rather than Hamas (which does).
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:25:36 AM EST
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