Comments on: Yet another Balkan statelet, but… http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/ EUlogical reflections Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reflections on European Democracy » And yet another one… http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-41220 Reflections on European Democracy » And yet another one… Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:52:28 +0000 http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-41220 [...] argument is basically the same as in 2006 when Montenegro declared its independence: Like Montenegro, Kosovo is neither politically nor economically a viable [...] [...] argument is basically the same as in 2006 when Montenegro declared its independence: Like Montenegro, Kosovo is neither politically nor economically a viable [...]

]]> By: Berlaymonster http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-11522 Berlaymonster Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:30:52 +0000 http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-11522 EU considering expanding now into the Middle East - http://berlaymonster.blogspot.com/2006/09/eu-plans-eu-in-dubai.html if only they'd keep their noses out ... EU considering expanding now into the Middle East -

http://berlaymonster.blogspot.com/2006/09/eu-plans-eu-in-dubai.html

if only they’d keep their noses out …

]]> By: beatroot http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7253 beatroot Tue, 30 May 2006 10:41:33 +0000 http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7253 Things is...as you know, the EU is as much to blame for the break up of Yugoslavia as was Slobo etc was. And personally, I think that Yugoslavia, as was, would be a lot better member of the EU than these tiny little states which could are not viable except as part of a kind of Greater EU (which is what it is turning into) with little client states to take labour from etc. Things is…as you know, the EU is as much to blame for the break up of Yugoslavia as was Slobo etc was. And personally, I think that Yugoslavia, as was, would be a lot better member of the EU than these tiny little states which could are not viable except as part of a kind of Greater EU (which is what it is turning into) with little client states to take labour from etc.

]]> By: eulogist http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7117 eulogist Sat, 27 May 2006 22:32:44 +0000 http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7117 Well... If the ruling elites in Serbia and Montenegro were as eager to please Brussels as you suggest, Mladic and Karadzic would be in prison in The Hague right now and the threshold for a "valid" yes would have been set at 99%. Which is to say that I don't see your point. At all. IMHO Brussels mingling in the internal affairs of the current and ex Enlargement countries is actually the best thing that happened to them in the past century. Sorry :-) Well…

If the ruling elites in Serbia and Montenegro were as eager to please Brussels as you suggest, Mladic and Karadzic would be in prison in The Hague right now and the threshold for a “valid” yes would have been set at 99%.

Which is to say that I don’t see your point. At all.

IMHO Brussels mingling in the internal affairs of the current and ex Enlargement countries is actually the best thing that happened to them in the past century. Sorry :-)

]]> By: beatroot http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7109 beatroot Sat, 27 May 2006 12:20:16 +0000 http://www.european-democracy.org/archives/2006/05/21/yet-another-balkan-statelet-but/#comment-7109 The ourrage, to me, about this is that the ruling elites in Serbia and Montenegro seem more worried about pleasing their new EU masters than they do pleasing their people. The influence of the EU in the internal affairs of these countries is scandalous. It is they who are putting conditions on what percentage of the vore counts as a 'yes' vote, for instance. And you are right to question if this new state is a viable one. To me it seems doubtful. These are new creations to please Brussels. Period. The ourrage, to me, about this is that the ruling elites in Serbia and Montenegro seem more worried about pleasing their new EU masters than they do pleasing their people. The influence of the EU in the internal affairs of these countries is scandalous. It is they who are putting conditions on what percentage of the vore counts as a ‘yes’ vote, for instance.

And you are right to question if this new state is a viable one. To me it seems doubtful. These are new creations to please Brussels. Period.

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