TELL THE FRENCH CHICK NO ONE WILL CHOOSE EUROPE:

Merkel mulling German push for EU-US trade zone (Financial Express, 11/22/06)

Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering pushing for a transatlantic free trade zone when Germany takes on the European Union presidency next year. The idea could gain momentum when Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) votes on it next week.

Despite scepticism in some European capitals, the vote at a CDU party congress in Dresden may trigger a new drive by Berlin for a notion long cherished by some conservatives keen to improve relations with Washington. “We want to start considering a common market between Europe and America,” Merkel told Bild newspaper on Wednesday.

If Britain and Germany joined NAFTA the rest of Europe would follow meekly.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 23, 2006 10:09 AM