NZherald: Europe's weaknesses laid bare (+video) - Catherine Field
Europe's weaknesses laid bare (+video) - Catherine Field
A craze of fault lines appeared across the political map of Europe yesterday as the continent grappled with Kosovo's proclamation of independence. European Union foreign ministers struggled to agree on a statement that would paper over cracks within the 27-nation bloc. The major EU powers declared they would recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state, but some dragged their feet or even branded the declaration of independence as illegal.
Note EU-Digest: the above shows once again the weakness of the EU. There is no unity and everyone seems to be playing their own political game when it comes to foreign policy. Also absolutely no unity in dealing with energy supplies. This has resulted that the Russians are being able to make separate deals with individual nations as to energy supplies instead of the EU using their combined economic force to set the rules. This also goes for dealing with the Russians as they have "bogus" companies controlled by the Russian government enter the European financial markets. The list could go on and on. This is not the way for the EU to succeed.
