June 17, 2005
TAKE IT TO THE FARM WHERE IT WILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO RUN AROUND:
EU Talks on Its Future Budget Collapse (BETH GARDINER, 6/17/05, ASSOCIATED PRESS) -
Talks on the European Union's budget collapsed in acrimony Friday, abruptly ending a summit that diplomats had hoped would pull the EU out of its constitutional dilemma. Top European leaders blamed each other for the breakdown but agreed the bloc was "in a deep crisis."The failure to agree on a budget for 2007-2013 reinforced impressions that the 50-year process of EU integration has lost direction after the French and Dutch referendums in which voters rejected a proposed EU constitution. Leaders of the bloc's member states failed to resolve strident disputes over spending and did not present a clear plan to save the constitution.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said early Saturday that in coming weeks EU diplomats and others "will tell you that Europe is not in crisis. It is in a deep crisis," he said after the two-day summit. ,/blockquote>
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 17, 2005 11:24 PM
Fortunately it doesn't matter and no one cares.
Ever actually see a chicken running around w/o its head? Darkly hilarious.
Posted by: ghostcat at June 17, 2005 11:52 PMThey have one budget for a seven-year period?
What, 5 year plans not good enough for them?
Posted by: pj at June 18, 2005 12:18 AMHammorabi reported this:
The French TV Channel 5 stated today that a ransom of 75 millions US Dollars was paid to Haiyat Ulama Moslemen of Hareth Al-Thari to release the French journalist Florence Aubenas. The TV stated that this ransom was paid to save Jacque Chirac in the next election. FA was kidnapped in Jan 2005 by one of the terrorists group which has a link with Al-Thari group. Althari is like the God-father for the terrorists groups and the outside negotiations with the kidnappers always occur through him and his group.
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What a waste of money.
Posted by: Sandy P at June 18, 2005 1:11 AMDo you suppose Iraq will have a constitution before Europe?
Posted by: RC at June 18, 2005 1:16 AMRC, I think the only unification in Europe over the next decade will be under the law of sharia while Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and even Iran may well be free and functioning democracies.
Won't that be kick in the head!
Posted by: erp at June 18, 2005 9:59 AM