Mediteranean Union is now a Reality... end of E.U?

[Mygdonia]

Mediterranean EU members back creation of Mediterranean Union


www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-19 06:41:41 Print

PAPHOS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Mediterranean EU member states voiced their support for the creation of a Mediterranean Union at a two-day meeting concluded in Paphos, southwestern Cyprus, on Friday.

"We reaffirmed our support to all efforts which have as an objective the strengthening of the cooperation between European and Mediterranean countries and reiterated the importance of the Mediterranean region for the security, stability and prosperity of the European Union," Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis ministers told a press conference.

In this context, the Mediterranean EU member states, also called "Olive Group", expressed their support for the creation of a union for the Mediterranean.

Such a proposal was first put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Mediterranean Union will consist of southern European, Middle Eastern and North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.

Sarkozy has expressed that the Mediterranean Union could act as a bridge between Europe and Muslim world.

The Mediterranean EU states' foreign ministers said Friday in a concluding statement that they envisaged this union as a project-based mechanism, founded on the principle of equality of States.

But they added that it would, in no way, interfere or substitute the accession prospects of the candidate countries, clearly referring to Turkey.

They decided to further discuss the proposal, in order to take it forward, ahead of the next EU summit to be held in Paris in July.

On Kosovo, the ministers reiterated the leading role of the EU and the need to maintain an "EU unified position."

Foreign ministers and senior officials from Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, France and Cyprus participated in the fifth informal meeting in Paphos.

During the two-day event, they also discussed other issues such as Kosovo, Lebanon, Middle East peace process, illegal immigration and natural disaster response mechanism.


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[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

No way will it end th EU. It will help bridge gaps if run effectively.

[Tsontos]

How can Turkey join if it doesnt recognise one of the other member states (Cyprus)?

[Truth Bearer]

A long long way away for that guys.

[Makedonia22]

Originally Posted by Mygdonia

Such a proposal was first put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Mediterranean Union will consist of southern European, Middle Eastern and North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.

The French must really love those riots, they must want more.

[Makedonia22]

The leaders of the EU are probably beating their meat while thinking about creating a "new Roman Empire".

[Paulos Melas]

It looks to me more like the French Empire as per the views of Napoleon Bonoparte . Only in this case France will have in its hands the entire territories of the former Ottoman Empire along with the traditional napoleonic crowns of Italy, Spain and Portugal.

[Paulos Melas]

Great sucess for Sarkozy

[Draco]

Originally Posted by Mygdonia

Such a proposal was first put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Mediterranean Union will consist of southern European, Middle Eastern and North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.

Look at the countries I bolded, it seems to me that the French are trying to rebuild their colonial empire.

About Turkey, they refuse to accept Mediterranean Union as alternative to EU membership, see here.

We know that Sarko (like Karamanlis) is a pan-Europeanist who wants an EU superstate with a foreign policy independent of the USA's wishes. We also know what the effects of Turkey joining EU would be, it's eventual dissolution (you can't keep the cat and the dog in the same cage), hence the USA's support for Turkey joining. Sarko is trying to sidestep this problem.

[yannis-3]

PORTUGAL????

Tin teleytea fora poy ida xarti H PORTOGALIA itan ston ATLANTIKO
Den ksero ama egine kanenas sismos kai metakini8ike



Giati H Slobenia ,H Kroatia , H Albania, H Bosnia (exei ligo 8alassa) to Monako H Syria kai To Mayroboynio den simetexoyn ?