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France's Fading EU Clout
United Press International ^
| August 18, 2004
| Gareth Harding
Posted on 08/18/2004 6:19:26 PM PDT by quidnunc
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:19:27 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
It's time we had a little more France hatred - thanks.
To: ItIsATigerIMarried
Not hatred, newbie -- contempt.
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:31:07 PM PDT
by
expatpat
To: quidnunc
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:41:35 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: expatpat
Not hatred, newbie -- contempt.
Not hatred...
Disdain, scorn, derision, ridicule, maybe, but not hatred.
To: ItIsATigerIMarried
Yes, Thanks. I never get enough of "France Hatred."
F
The
French.
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:46:25 PM PDT
by
steveyp
To: quidnunc
Wouldn't it be great if the French and Germans lose interest in this EU thing now that things aren't going their way?
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:48:52 PM PDT
by
RPTMS
To: quidnunc
France would be OK were it not for all the French people living there.
To: quidnunc
France's Fading EU Clout They shouldn't worry, they have plenty of clout with John Effin Kerry who will march our entire country to hell if, and only if, they approve.
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:56:32 PM PDT
by
Dolphy
(Support swiftvets.com)
To: quidnunc
it was the brainchild of such French statesmen as Robert Schumann and Jean Monnet, Credit should go to Otto von Hapsburg. The EU was his dream.
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:57:08 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: quidnunc
One can't help wondering how long it'll take the French to wake up and realize that in a matter of decades France will be an Islamic theocracy.
Never underestimate the power of denial.
Alan Ball
American Beauty
through the character Ricky Fitts
Dreamworks
1999
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posted on
08/18/2004 7:06:03 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!)
To: PAR35
You mean Otto von Bismark?
To: quidnunc
", he handed the EU executive's top jobs -- trade, competition, agriculture, budgets and the single market -- to politicians from what the French dub "Anglo-Saxon" countries favoring free trade and open markets."
Sounds like allies to me.
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posted on
08/18/2004 7:14:15 PM PDT
by
kddid
(Find good in bad.)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
France-- the country that invented perfume because they don't bathe
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posted on
08/18/2004 7:17:10 PM PDT
by
SCALEMAN
To: quidnunc
Too much wasted time on France these days.
Sit! Stay!
Bad Dog
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posted on
08/18/2004 7:47:52 PM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(Goodnight Chesty, wherever you may be.)
To: NovemberCharlie
You mean Otto von Bismark? No, Hapsburg - the guy who should have been the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian empire if things had gone a little differently.
The site I"m looking for didn't pop up near the top on Google (I'll try to remember to look for a better reference tomorrow) but this site hints at it: " Well after the end of the Second World War, Otto von Habsburg finally renounced all claims to the Austrian throne (1961) and was eventually allowed to return to his home country in 1966. An early advocate of a unified Europe, he served from 1979 till 1999 as a Member of the European Parliament for the conservative German CSU party. " http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Otto-von-Habsburg
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posted on
08/18/2004 7:52:21 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: ItIsATigerIMarried
Despite its recent waning of influence, France is still one of the EU's "big three" states along with Germany and Britain. It is the second-largest country in terms of population and has the third-most powerful EU economy. Yup, no doubt about it, France is a first class, second rate country!
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:29:58 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: steveyp
One can never hate France enough.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:42:38 PM PDT
by
Owl558
(Pardon my spelling)
To: quidnunc
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posted on
08/18/2004 10:48:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: quidnunc; Gunrunner2; spetznaz
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posted on
08/18/2004 11:35:11 PM PDT
by
VaBthang4
("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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