Democratic and conceptual deficits
The Polish president says he won't sign the new EU treaty since the Irish voted it down. The French foreign minister suggests that the real problem is that Europeans don't understand the EU.Poland Won’t Sign European Treaty
"As France assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union on Tuesday, the bloc’s wounded plans for reform took another hit , this time from Poland whose president said he would not sign into law the so-called Lisbon Treaty..."In a surprisingly frank admission, the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said the no vote in Ireland illustrated how the European Union had alienated its citizens by conducting politics in a manner they find incomprehensible.
"'They understand nothing,' Mr. Kouchner said in comments to journalists in Paris 'The institutions interest no one.'
"He argued that, in contrast, voters did appreciate that Europe 'was not able to respond to the rise in the price of petrol.' As for the jargon in which business in Brussels is conducted, Mr. Kouchner said, 'no one understands — including me.'"
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Labels: concepts, EU, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:40 AM
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