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EU concerned about political influence of Turkish army Brussels (AFP) Nov 5, 2008 
Turkey's powerful military continues to wield political influence despite EU demands that control over the army be put firmly in the hands of the government, the European Commission said Wednesday. "The armed forces have continued to exercise significant political influence via formal and informal mechanisms," the European Union's executive body said in an annual report on Turkey's ... read morePoland's president insists on attending EU summit 
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Poland's eurosceptic President Lech Kaczynski insisted Tuesday he would attend an EU summit over the objections of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and amid legal doubts over his right to do so. Kaczynski vowed to attend the summit despite the government's refusal to provide him with an airplane. "I'll go, most likely aboard an airplane, as I don't know how to fly," Kaczynski said in an ... more
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Irish given extra time as EU big guns vow to press on regardless
Brussels (AFP) June 19, 2008EU leaders looked set Thursday to give Ireland three months to come up with a way to end the impasse over the bloc's reform treaty, while encouraging their partners to press ahead with endorsing the troubled charter. Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen pleaded for more time to work out what to do to help end the European Union's reform crisis, after Irish voters rejected the treaty at a ... more Walker's World: The Irish 'No' won't last 
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2008 The immediate question for Europe's leaders after the Irish referendum rejected the European Union's new "constitutional" treaty by 54 percent to 46 percent is how they will contrive to frustrate the will of the people yet again. The grandees of Europe do not give up easily, even though their voters have a troublesome habit of saying "No" on those rare occasions when the question of ... more Walker's World: Can France veto Turkey? 
Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 Who said President George W. Bush has no influence in Europe? On the eve of his arrival in Paris, and just as he was urging the European Union to welcome Turkey into its ranks, the French Senate moved to do his bidding. The Senate's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee deleted a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would require a referendum in France on the admission of any ... more Outside View: Old, new Europe clash 
Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2008 President Bush's two-day visit to Kiev on the eve of NATO's April 2-4 summit in Bucharest, Romania, is his first visit to Ukraine and therefore long overdue. His predecessor, Bill Clinton, visited Ukraine on three occasions. Bush's visit to Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit is seen as a strong show of U.S. support for NATO enlargement to Ukraine and Georgia. Bucharest will be dominated ... more |
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