[afraidfortherepublic]

He warned the candidates the position could be "dangerous" because the parliaments of the 15 EU nations still have to ratify last December's decision for 10 new members to join the bloc on May 1, 2004.

Chirac particularly warned Romania and Bulgaria, who are still negotiating to enter the bloc in 2007. ...

"If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way."

Is that a threat?

[txradioguy]

That is a threat all right. Not even a veiled threat. But a very blatant one.

[Dog]

Brit Hume seems to think so...