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June 24, 2004
One of the choicest paragraphs, from a choice review of Bill Clinton's autobiography: "That somehow a long, dense book by the world's premier policy wonk should be worth that much money is amusing, and brings us back to Clinton's long coyote-and-roadrunner race with the press. The very press that wanted to discredit him and perhaps even run him out of town instead made him a celebrity, a far more expensive thing than a mere president. Clinton's now up there with Madonna, in the highlands that are even above talent. In fact, he and Madonna may, just at the moment, be the only ones way up there, problems having arisen with so many lesser reputations." If the Times link has expired, try here.
June 22, 2004
At the risk of turning this column into 'what Henry Farrell's written recently', he has a good piece on CT about the role of the European Parliament in international affairs.
June 19, 2004
Amongst all the other decisions made at the summit, Croatia is now an official EU candidate state. Talks are scheduled to begin next year with an aim of the Croats joining alongside Romania and Bulgaria in 2007.
June 18, 2004
Over at Crooked Timber, Henry Farrell assesses the candidates for President of the European Commission
June 13, 2004
The 2004 European Football Championship has kicked off with a shock in the opening game as the hosts Portugal were beaten 2-1 by Greece. Elsewhere, Spain began the tournament with a 1-0 win against Russia.
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April 30, 2004
It’s 15+4 now.
Bridging what is left of the Iron Curtain will not be easy. But that is always the case when great things are at stake. That - not tonight’s celebrations - is what Europeans, old and new, East and West, should remember when the road gets a little bumpy along the way.
Only a few minutes ago, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, and Lituania became members of the European Union! Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Malta will follow within the hour.
But as I have decided to celebrate the enlargement offline with some friends and a bottle of champagne I once lost to a Polish friend by insisting that 2004 would be too early for Polish membership, I will now act against my German instincts and welcome the remaining new-members-to-be about 30 minutes early - willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Pah, you beat me to making this post…and I’m stuck at work all night while the rest of the continent (it seems) gets to celebrate.
Posted by: Nick B at April 30, 2004 11:48 PMI just celebrated the enlargement with a post I had prepared a few days ago. Bridging what is left of the Iron Curtain, indeed! And enjoy the champagne ;-)
Posted by: Non Tibi Spiro at April 30, 2004 11:58 PMIt’s not only bridging the iron curtain, it’s also eradicating the borders between the new members themselves. There is quite a bit of potential conflict between the new states themselves, for instance between Slovakia and Hungary.
So far the track record of the EU in removing borders and old enmities is good. I hope very much that it continues that way.
Posted by: TH at May 1, 2004 02:36 PMI just got back from the open house at the EU Council of Ministers - it seems to be the only event today in Brussels commemorating the expansion. It’s a natioanl holiday, so not much else is up.
Posted by: Scott Martens at May 1, 2004 05:57 PMHi there, Ed, Tobias, Nick and Scott and Scott,
I don’t see where to email the administrators of the site so I’ll say it in the comments:
¡No Pasarán! is NOT a right wing blog. Not in the least. How can Norman Geras be on the Left but not us? I was catastrophé to read that you’ve put us on the Right (thanks for the link, though, by the way).
Some of us are more Conservative than others but we aren’t rightwing at all!
Thanks for your attention.
Posted by: Douglas at May 2, 2004 12:39 AMI’m sure EURSOC would be pleased to take over your spot on the “right.” Unpigeonholeable my ass.
Posted by: vaara at May 2, 2004 11:16 AMI’ve looked at that groupblog about which Douglas claims that it is not rightwing, well, as a Spanish citizen I cannot fail to see that they are on the right of Aznar. That is extremely rightwing from any perspective.
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Posted by: Antoni Jaume at May 2, 2004 11:39 AMNah, I assumed too much.
What makes being rabidly hawkish and anti-french “rightwing” positions?
Since it’s mostly about France, I moved it to the national regional category.
Being anti-EU isn’t inherently rightwing either, as sweden’s greens and commies could tell you. Haven’t seen anything on EURSOC about the neeed for lower taxes or the like.
Posted by: David Weman at May 2, 2004 10:48 PMSo if this thread may be used for correcting the blogroll: “Ostracised from Österreich” is coming from the country without kangaroos, commonly known as Austria or “.at”, not from the other one, “.au”. Just a little nit to be picked.
(It’s not as if we weren’t used to that.)