Extremist-right sympathies? Maybe with some people, but not with me or anyone I know.
Nationalism is swiftly becoming very popular in Europe again! And political right/ extremist-right is gaining sympathy and votes in almost every country.
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Re: World economy and capitalist ideology « Reply #16 on Mar 18, 2009, 5:40am »
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What price President Blair of Europe?
French officials say they want Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, to land a big new job that will be created if the Lisbon treaty is finally ratified this year: that of full-time president of the European Council. That would involve Mr Blair representing Europe’s 27 national leaders and chairing their meetings.
Yet in an economic crisis as broad and deep as this one, the horse-trading becomes unpredictable. Could there yet be a bargain in which Britain would allow an economic non-liberal to take over the commission, in exchange for a President Blair of Europe? If so, it is a bargain Britain should resist, even if that means sacrificing Mr Blair. Saving the internal market is the EU’s biggest ideological fight for a generation, and the commission is the body that matters most on this.
A British government ditching its own to save the European Commission president? When Europe’s free markets are under attack, the strangest alliances can make sense. Similarly, lest they end up encouraging economic nationalism, Europhiles who loathe Mr Barroso should beware of egging on the national leaders carping at the commission. If that spreads, it could sink the whole project, not just leave it adrift.
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