Brown's Euro-vision
James Forsyth 3:33pmDo read Mark Mardell’s piece on Gordon Brown’s meeting with Jose Manuel Barroso. Particularly interesting, is his account of Brown’s European vision.
As Mardell points out, this means that Brown is on a collision course with Sarkozy and Merkel who both oppose full membership for Turkey. Gordon’s European problems won’t end with the reform treaty.
“I’m told he argues that there are three phases in the European Union project to create stability on the continent. The first was establishing democracy and prosperity after the war. The second was reuniting Europe after the iron curtain came down. But the third phase has only just started. That is to engage Muslims within Europe, both within existing borders, but also by making welcoming noises to Turkey, Albania and depending what happens there, Kosovo.”
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Charles Bennie
October 11th, 2007 5:11pm Report this commentGordon Brown's vision for Europe and for this country during the rest of his term as Prime Minister is cloudy beynd belief. For the last 10 years he has cocked up everything that he has done and appears oblivious to his own incompetence and ineptitude. Totally immune to any form of criticism no-one in their right mind should believe one single word that he says as sadly and predictably it is all utter nonsense and bunkum. The more the Cameroons can expose him for the fraud that he is the better!
Martin Cole
October 11th, 2007 6:21pm Report this commentCheck out this exchange of very different views: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2564
Tiberius
October 12th, 2007 12:50am Report this commentIs it not the case that Brown can say the red lines have been breached and so refuse to sign the treaty? That would torpedo all talk of the need for a referendum.
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