Subject: Re: AW: AW: [BoundaryPoint] eupen and malmedy
Date: Feb 26, 2005 @ 17:01
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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> Kevin,----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> you hit exactly the point: What is European
> identity? Do we define Europe
> geographically, politically, religiously,
> ethnically, or what? I would have
> liked to see a definition in our coming
> constitution, but here we have
> miserably failed. "Europa" was the daughter of a
> Lebanese "king" in the
> Greek mythology; is Lebanon part of Europe?
> Wolfgang
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Kevin Meynell [mailto:knm@...]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Februar 2005 16:20
> An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: AW: [BoundaryPoint] eupen and malmedy
>
>
> Wolfgang,
>
> >We begin inviting countries to join "the club"
> that have no European
> >identity or that wish to join only because they
> believe this opens access
> >to unlimited funds from Brussels.
>
> The difficulty is defining 'European identity'
> whatever that is. I know
> people who seriously believe that countries with
> orthodox traditions such
> as Greece have no place in the EU, even though
> Greece is arguably the
> cradle of all European civilisation.
>
> >At the same time we do not have the energy to
> adapt decision processes in
> >the community to the requirements of a larger
> club.
>
> It's very clear that the current decision-making
> process need to change if
> everything isn't to result in stalemate, but the
> aspirations of some
> countries in the EU club is very different to
> others. Some people would
> simply prefer to see cross-border annoyances
> removed rather than aspire to
> being part of some grand United States of Europe.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Meynell
>
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