I'm all 67X
July 1st, 2008, 07:54 PM
I find this very interesting...
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080701/D91L9AU8D.html
PARIS (AP) - France's six-month European Union presidency got off to a shaky start Tuesday amid bickering between the bloc's trade chief and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and glum comments from Poland's leader on the EU's future direction.
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But the Irish vote has thrown the ratification process into turmoil because the treaty can only take effect in 2009 if ratified by all 27 EU states.
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The treaty aims to streamline the way the bloc makes decisions and to bolster its powers...
But Sarkozy's brash style was already causing irritation on day one.
"...the EU needs to maintain its unity,"
Emphases, mine.
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080701/D91L9AU8D.html
PARIS (AP) - France's six-month European Union presidency got off to a shaky start Tuesday amid bickering between the bloc's trade chief and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and glum comments from Poland's leader on the EU's future direction.
...
But the Irish vote has thrown the ratification process into turmoil because the treaty can only take effect in 2009 if ratified by all 27 EU states.
...
The treaty aims to streamline the way the bloc makes decisions and to bolster its powers...
But Sarkozy's brash style was already causing irritation on day one.
"...the EU needs to maintain its unity,"
Emphases, mine.