A shameful day for the EU

Respenus · 11-19-09, 03:11 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8367589.stm

My God, I knew the heads of state wouldn't make the best decision, but to screw up in such a manner is on the level of stupidity I cannot imagine. The whole think is a farce. The President of the Council of the EU is the right man for the job, a quiet, consensus building, low key guy. Just what the Lisbon treaty calls for. The High representative on the other hand is an economist, a far fall from Solana, who left shoes too big to fill by the current team.

While I still support the EU project and European integration and I knew that France, Germany and the UK wouldn't support someone like Delors, this choice is a massive, massive mistake, which kill haunt EU leaders for the remainder of the mandate for the new posts.

I just expected EU leaders to have more common sense, if not for the EU, for their own good, which will surely suffer, considering how tied national functioning is to the EU.

Ah well, at least the Eurosceptics are pleased. No-one to poverful to try and move Europe on a more positive track. Just the status-quo, which will probably remain, as this was the final treaty and final expansion for the current structure of European integration.

11-19-09, 03:11 PM	#1
Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A shameful day for the EU http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8367589.stm My God, I knew the heads of state wouldn't make the best decision, but to screw up in such a manner is on the level of stupidity I cannot imagine. The whole think is a farce. The President of the Council of the EU is the right man for the job, a quiet, consensus building, low key guy. Just what the Lisbon treaty calls for. The High representative on the other hand is an economist, a far fall from Solana, who left shoes too big to fill by the current team. While I still support the EU project and European integration and I knew that France, Germany and the UK wouldn't support someone like Delors, this choice is a massive, massive mistake, which kill haunt EU leaders for the remainder of the mandate for the new posts. I just expected EU leaders to have more common sense, if not for the EU, for their own good, which will surely suffer, considering how tied national functioning is to the EU. Ah well, at least the Eurosceptics are pleased. No-one to poverful to try and move Europe on a more positive track. Just the status-quo, which will probably remain, as this was the final treaty and final expansion for the current structure of European integration. __________________