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Europe
EU: No new members until constitution resolved
2006-09-26
The European Union's chief on Monday said no more countries should join the bloc - after Romania and Bulgaria - until the EU has decided what to do with its stalled constitution. "It would not be wise to proceed with any further enlargement before we have dealt with the constitutional issue," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters after talks with French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. "It would be unwise to bring in other member states apart from Romania and Bulgaria," Barroso said. Barroso said there were limits to the EU's capacity to absorb new members without new rules to make an expanded EU work more effectively.
Posted by:Fred

#10  HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN OF DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, ...

Just sounds SO much better than "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility ..."
Posted by: DMFD   2006-09-26 23:11  

#9  I wonder if Turkey will buy this one

Sounds better than "I'm doing my hair".
Posted by: DMFD   2006-09-26 23:07  

#8  All of their usual antics aside, this is still a nice big fat bird flipped at Turkey (so to speak). Now let's see what happens when the Pope visits there.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-26 22:42  

#7  Perhaps we are missing the point here. The constitution has been voted down in France and one other country. They have paused the by-country voting process for at least a year.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-26 22:30  

#6  The EU Constitution's preamble is 21 pages long. The US Constitution's Preamble is a popular song. Which would you prefer?

Well, Lyn Ahrens had to skip the phrase of these United States because it didn't scan.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-09-26 18:38  

#5  That 342-page list also enumerated a bunch of "fundamental human rights"-- such as the right to "free job placement services." I'm still trying to get my mind around that one...

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-09-26 10:19  

#4  No no, I meant "principles of governance" as opposed to "342-page list of tyrannical, intrusive, arbitrary, counter-productive, pointless and ultimately suicidal" regulations.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-09-26 10:07  

#3  Ah exJag you miss the point of the EU.

The only principle in play is the right of the self defined elite to rule by fiat over the masses. That hardly requires a constitution now does it?
Posted by: AlanC   2006-09-26 09:46  

#2  Ah, the dilemma of the post-modern superstate. Yes, you generally have to decide on some principles of governance before any governing can be done. Of course, this involves making value judgments. Aiiieee!

Get your shit together, Europe, or the Qur'an will be your constitution before you can say "Pact of Umar."
Posted by: exJAG   2006-09-26 06:05  

#1  I wonder if Turkey will buy this one.
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-09-26 00:41  

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