Post by Moses on Jul 20, 2005 14:24:49 GMT -5
Both Merkel and Sarkozy are regarded as devotees not of their countries, but of an international neocon alliance w/ Blair, and operating on behalf of US/Anglo unipolar rule. (See international herald tribune article in Merkel thread]
Merkel-Sarkozy Alliance Against Turkey
Expected winner of the German early elections in September Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel and favorite for the French 2007 presidential election, candidate Union for the Popular Movement (UMP) leader Nicholas Sarkozy came together in the French capital Paris Tuesday, emphasizing that they are against Turkey's full membership to European Union (EU).
Merkel has defended that Turkey should be given "privileged partnership" status instead of full accession. The German CDU leader, who met with French President Jacques Chirac, in a statement made to the press as she was leaving the Elysee Palace, has promised an "intensive discussion" about Turkey's EU membership when they come into power. Merkel said, a solution that will make Turkey closer to Europe but that will not lead to full membership should be worked out. Following the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and The Netherlands, Europe must work hard on its future, she added. Europe must talk about the borders of enlargement and that is what people want to know, the German CDU leader stressed.
The structuring of Europe highly depends on French-German cooperation and regardless of the election results in September, Paris and Berlin should be the "engine" of attempts for the political union of the EU, Merkel said. They are heading in the same direction, Sarkozy said in return, the German-French axis in the EU should be reinforced, and that the European social model should be modernized. Whereas, German media earlier reported that German-French cooperation is likely to weaken a great deal in the case of a CDU victory in the September early elections. Merkel also met Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin after Chirac and Sarkozy. The French press has interpreted the visit as Merkel coming to Paris like she is a prime minister.
20.07.2005
Ali Ihsan Aydin
Paris
www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=21970
Merkel-Sarkozy Alliance Against Turkey
Expected winner of the German early elections in September Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel and favorite for the French 2007 presidential election, candidate Union for the Popular Movement (UMP) leader Nicholas Sarkozy came together in the French capital Paris Tuesday, emphasizing that they are against Turkey's full membership to European Union (EU).
Merkel has defended that Turkey should be given "privileged partnership" status instead of full accession. The German CDU leader, who met with French President Jacques Chirac, in a statement made to the press as she was leaving the Elysee Palace, has promised an "intensive discussion" about Turkey's EU membership when they come into power. Merkel said, a solution that will make Turkey closer to Europe but that will not lead to full membership should be worked out. Following the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and The Netherlands, Europe must work hard on its future, she added. Europe must talk about the borders of enlargement and that is what people want to know, the German CDU leader stressed.
The structuring of Europe highly depends on French-German cooperation and regardless of the election results in September, Paris and Berlin should be the "engine" of attempts for the political union of the EU, Merkel said. They are heading in the same direction, Sarkozy said in return, the German-French axis in the EU should be reinforced, and that the European social model should be modernized. Whereas, German media earlier reported that German-French cooperation is likely to weaken a great deal in the case of a CDU victory in the September early elections. Merkel also met Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin after Chirac and Sarkozy. The French press has interpreted the visit as Merkel coming to Paris like she is a prime minister.
20.07.2005
Ali Ihsan Aydin
Paris
www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=21970