February 14, 2012
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With reports emerging over the frontrunners for the permanent position of EU president, a new contender has emerged in the international media in the shape of Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Right; with enough pinches of salt to fill bathtub this article might be a bit believable. "potential compromise candidate" translated from Politiicish into English means "There is no way in hell that he, a Swede, will be president of the EU". The only EU citizens that can become presidents of the EU are quite uninteresting and invisible Dutch and Belgian "right" wing politicians.
"Possible candidate" my a§§. Democracy is dead; the EU is a political playground and policies and decisions are made consider what nationalists allow and demand; what the majority of the EU population wants has nothing to do with its decisions and neither does what the best thing to do is to do.
Does anyone even believe that their is a slight chance that the president can be a non-Belgian/non-Dutch? Anyone?
Seriously the EU is just one big joke, fix it or get rid of it. If it can't exist because nationalists don't allow it then it shouldn't exist; there shouldn't be any "compromises". Brussels was chosen because of its location, it had nothing to do with the city's history or the meaning of it. It had nothing to do with it being an optimal location to keep costs down or because its location was very convenient for the politicians and lobbyists. It was chosen out of nationalism. If they had chosen Berlin it could be seen as an attempt at giving a hand to the Soviet Union/Russia (then and now); an attempt for European unification and peace between the east and west, with a message that would mean, we aren't better or worse than you. Although still not an option Geneva would, theoretically, also be a good option but instead nationalism prevails; when it comes to the EU it always has and the charade doesn't seem to end any time soon. The undemocratic choice of who the EU president will be will be another Brussels instead of Geneva. For crying out loud when you talk about "compromise candidate" you've obviously never even considered to actually give the right; the best person the job. If you're not going to do that, at least hold an election instead of making it a nationalism-taking into-consideration and super-indirect-representative/dictatorial choice.
Vilket jävla hyckleri! Ner med EU!
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stopblair/signatures.html.How
Some Italians have even suggested Berusconi for the job. Personally I think if they seriously propose him, that Italy should be kicked out of the EU.
The president of the EU is an important job. We do not need imbeciles, religious fundementalists, halfwits, idiots, sycophants or other forms of idiots in charge.
We need capable politicans who can juggle all competiting European interests and who are extremely good diplomats to take the job.
We do not need as president of Europe, a nationalistic sycophant of some vested business interest or pressure group.
Whoever is made president of Europe needs to identify as a European who will put Europe and Europeans first in all matters, regardless of vested national interests.
And i'm willing to bet even as we speak some vested group like the RIAA or MPAA (or their affiliates) are right now trying to get as close to the candidates who have even a shot in hell of getting the job.
The chance that we are going to get someone who is not corrupted at all by such groups is truly minimal... and depressing.
Fredrik Reinfeldt has been and is a likable and able leader, currently steering Sweden's presidency of the European Union. Certainly not an intrusive kind of personality as we could have had with say an extra-ordinary Olof Palme type in a similar position - not intrusive but effective and able to gather a coalition or a compromise around him and that's what now matters - even as he has successfully pushed ahead with Climate Change on the EU agenda and hopefully will continue to do so in the upcoming Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
http://www.se2009.eu/
I don't think that the 27- nation EU is so much looking for the leader who will say like the Pied Piper of Hamelin: follow me!
"I'm able,
By means of a secret charm, to draw
All creatures living beneath the sun,
That creep or swim or fly or run,
After me so as you never saw!"
After which the twenty six will assemble behind him or her. In the case of Tony Blair there could be some resistance to the idea of following Tony Blair whose role cannot be divorced from his background as the Brit who led Britain into Iraq etc - a Britain which is still outside of the Euro zone and has some reservations about the European Charter.
Admittedly, the presidential post is almost second to that of European Union's Foreign Minister which could also be a straight fight between several contenders including the experienced Carl Bildt and David Miliband…
I hear you.
But let's be fair. All of the opinions expressed above are either correct or bi-assed. No one said that of all the 27 nations that make up the present European Union, of all the English and German speakers, the Slavs, the French, Spaniards, Dutch, Portuguese, Belgians , Poles, Hungarians, Scandinavians and I-talians, the Swedish Prime Minister is the old warhorse that towers above all others and should obviously be he who leads.
As I promised there will be more about Frederick the Great later, if not here then elsewhere…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/default.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/timothygartonash
but it could well be the fire next time:
http://www.shaykhabdalqadir.com/content/articles/Art100_31102009.html
True, true, no-thing personal, it's business and all that and for us, it's got to be the home turf first. I just read the latest Dick Morris report in which he says, "And there are only two ways to pay for it: (1) printing more money, which causes inflation, and (2) hiking taxes, which kills investment, businesses and jobs."
I may be wrong, but I can't imagine that you would recommend Mona Sahlin instead - for the post of president of the European Union - that would be a looong or loony shot - more of an anti-climax - and talking about dark - in my view Mona casts a much darker figure as first horselady of the apocalypse…
In these dark and depressing times, just for the sheer delight or high seriousness of it ( could lighten up my darkness) do you mind telling us what reservations you would have about endorsing such a less preposterous thought as fielding Mona for EU president?
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Kal Bentchev
Stockholm, Sweden