Comments on: Ashton’s start

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Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:23:59 +0000

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By: BetterWorld Now

BetterWorld Now — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:46:27 +0000

Anyone know if she mentioned Cuba? There is a crying need for the EU to have its own policy on Cuba, not the brown-nosed glove puppet version of Washington’s fosselised policy we currently have.

By: Clarify

Clarify — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:38:59 +0000

You are proving the point in the posting !!! representatives of a “certain Europe”.

By: Clarify

Clarify — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:31:44 +0000

You might not be getting the point!!

Europe should put it’s “imperial and elitie’s” past and anything associated with it in the history books.

We are instead imposing on the world and on our own fellow EU Citizens a face of Europe that seems to once again present an Elite of the Elite and historically compromised sector of our society with voluminous pages of human right abuses that came with our aristocratic former imperial system.

Now this has nothing to do with the person chosen per se who is likely to be a very nice individual by all means, but rather with the symbolism attached to both the title and the background.

Did any of you reflect on the fact that in Copenhagen everybody sitting around the table among the final decision makers were all representatives of former brutalized victims of a certain Europe of the Past???

Including President Obama whose Grandfather was brutalized by us (I mean our old European Power system).

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23620970-will-obama-forgive-britain-for-his-grandfathers-torture.do

By: Clarify

Clarify — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:23:56 +0000

You might not be getting the point!!

Europe should put it’s “imperial and elities” past and anything associated with it in the history books.

We are instead imposing on the world and on our own fellow EU Citizens a face of Europe that seems to once again present an Elite of the Elite and historically compromised sectir of our society with voluminous pages of humar right abuses that came with our aristocratic former imperial system.

Now this has nothing to do with the person chosen per se who is likely to be a very nice individual by all means, but rather with the symboism attached to bot the title and the background attached.

Including Preident Obama whose Grandfather was brutalized by us (I mean our old European Power )

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23620970-will-obama-forgive-britain-for-his-grandfathers-torture.do

By: Jean-Baptiste Perrin

Jean-Baptiste Perrin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:41:08 +0000

Foreign ministers are not elected in any country in the world, Marcel. Like in any other democracy, her application for the job could (or not) be rejected by the elected European Parliament. If you are (like myself) annoyed by the lack of democracy in the EU, you should rather target your rage on the actual problems… That would maybe help being taken seriously.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:31:55 +0000

The more of a non-entity she is, the better it is. No one elected her anyway.

We resistance fighters against totalitarian EU (Reich IV) delayed ‘Lisbon’ for 8 years, and our next fight shall so begin. Like the 39-45 resistance, we too will ultimately prevail against the undemocratic forces that have built the EU.

By: french derek

french derek — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:00:29 +0000

I know that Lady Ashton has been an EU Commissioner for a short time, but (to me) she appeared to have a typical UK knowledge (ie not much) of what the EU is about – or could be about. She was too much of a “mustn’t upset the masters” technocrat; not enough of “her own person”, with guts.

If she carries out her duties in the same, low-key vein, the EU will stay a nonentity on the world stage (just reflect on Copenhagen).

By: Jean-Baptiste Perrin

Jean-Baptiste Perrin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:37:18 +0000

To our courageous Anonymous poster, I will only say: it is always a shame to arrest an opposition militant who has done nothing wrong. Demonstrating, even on New Year’s celebration is nothing wrong. As for the presence of Mister Limonov, it is certainly unfortunate, but I can imagine that oppositions groups can’t really forbid other groups to join them.

By: mmm

mmm — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:40:39 +0000

Were we in the same room? For me it was the MEPs who disapointed. Scattergun questions put badly and with no development of an argument. Political groups should be better organised if they want these to be genuinely interesting and useful sessions.