Re: (russian)Talks With EU Stall Due to Lithuanian Veto

Pçteris Cedriòð (Peteris Cedrins) wrote:
> Bravo, brâïu tauta!
> 
> Konstantin Eggert in Kommersant, "Value Talks." An excerpt --

"...In 2008 Queen Elisabeth II has created Konstantin Eggert Honorary 
(as he is not British) Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British 
Empire for his services..." And serves he faithfully!

But you Petya, you have to replace your "Bravo!" with "Oops!"

VM.



> 
> "Russian politicians doubt the success of the European project in
> their heart of hearts. They are more likely to accept the muscle
> approach to world affairs, practiced by U.S. politicians, so much
> loathed by them. Moscow would rather deal with the most influential EU
> states bilaterally hoping that the European grandees will impact the
> rest the way Russia needs. After all, Europeans purchased gas from
> Brezhnev without bothering him much with uneasy questions about human
> rights and dissidents.
> 
> "But the latest developments have shown that things will never be the
> same again, and it takes the grandees months to persuade Poles or
> Lithuanians to temper justice with mercy. More to the point, the new
> EU member-states are proud to belong to the 'European community of
> values,' as Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister and one
> of the most ardent critics of authoritarian regimes puts it.
> Interestingly, Russia has also changed. It is no longer the Soviet
> Union. And to achieve a breakthrough in the relations between Russia
> and the EU, dialogue on values will have to be started sooner or
> later. It may turn out heated. But you canÿt avoid it."
> 
>
http://www.kommersant.com/p888037/r_520/Russia_and_the_EU_need_to_bring_up_the_values_issue/
> 
> /P
> 
> http://lettonica.blogspot.com/