Tuesday, June 21, 2005
A vision of Europe that I feel like getting out of bed for...
It wasn't just me then who is secretly a bit thrilled by this European brouhaha. David Aaronvitch: he's smug, but better than you think.
"As Tony Blair put it at the weekend: “I’m not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is . . . Europe isn’t owned by any of them; Europe is owned by all of us.” The flashing eye! The flushed cheek!
...Do we really want a Europe that sees itself as a “political counterweight” to America, chiefly by virtue of its willingness to do business with unpleasant regimes?"
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It wasn't just me then who is secretly a bit thrilled by this European brouhaha. David Aaronvitch: he's smug, but better than you think.
"As Tony Blair put it at the weekend: “I’m not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is . . . Europe isn’t owned by any of them; Europe is owned by all of us.” The flashing eye! The flushed cheek!
...Do we really want a Europe that sees itself as a “political counterweight” to America, chiefly by virtue of its willingness to do business with unpleasant regimes?"
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