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“We didn’t get the majority of the population”

by Christian Wulff

3 October 2005

People don’t want to go on like this, they want a change, that’s why the CDU-CSU is 440 000 votes ahead of the red-greens. However, the fear of changing was too strong and that’s why a larger number than what was expected voted for the left. The red-greens along with the PDS are heading the Union, (...)

“I won’t be a minister with Merkel”

by Bärbel Höhn

3 October 2005

We won’t reject discussions about a possible black-yellow-green coalition if that’s what the Union wants, but we won’t be the guarantors of a policy in which the Union and the FDP did not get the majority. I can’t think of myself as minister, with Merkel as chancellor for she will promote nuclear (...)

German Diplomacy: Which Way to Turn?

by Voltaire Network

3 October 2005

Foreign policy issues have not carried much weight with German parliamentary elections. However, the atlantist media is satisfied with Gerard Schröder’s scheduled departure. On her side, Angela Merkel has spared no efforts to show her political leanings toward Washington and Tel Aviv. In return, (...)

American Committee for a Strong Europe

The neocons new strategy for Europe

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 3 October 2005

The European scene has been modified by the rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands and the result of the recent legislative elections in Germany. Thierry Meyssan reveals the analyses of US neoconservatives and their new strategy for (...)

“There are people, among the President’s closest advisers, who are trying to take over power”

by Alexander Zinchenko

16 September 2005

I really don’t know what the Ukrainian opposition is today, actually. It has no structures at all and is not capable of making important progress. I don’t think it can emerge as third force. Political changes will depend on the internal situation of the power structures. Viktor Yushchenko is (...)

“Kravtchuk believes the new government is incompetent”

by Leonid Kravtchuk

16 September 2005

In eight months, the government system has been completely destroyed and the current chaos has an impact on every sphere of life. The evident ambitions of the new government against Russia by assuming a “professor-of-democracy” role has brought about so many difficulties that we’ll have problems (...)

“Ukraine will join NATO when NATO thinks it’s the right time to do it”

by Georgi Krioutchkov

16 September 2005

Russia suffered a strategic defeat in Ukraine’s presidential elections. Today, NATO can deploy its forces to the Russian borders and this is a risk. According to what has been stated by the Secretary of Parliament and former ambassador to Israel, there have been calls to establish American (...)

Settling Scores in Ukraine

by Voltaire Network

Lille (France) | 16 September 2005

The coalition that assumed power in Ukraine, thanks to the “Orange Revolution”, broke up after nine months of existence. As our readers know, there was and underlying crisis among the different factions whose conflicts were regularly recounted by the media in Russian language. While the latter (...)

“Shift Europe’s boundary”

by Jack Straw

16 September 2005

Twenty-two months ago, I was in Istanbul when Al Qaeda’s attacks took place. I was with the British Ambassador and Abdullah Gül. I was able to see from people’s reaction in the city that Istanbul was an European city. I often remember that day as I work on the Turkish accession. As October 3 (...)

“Freedom-of-speech issue must not hide progress”

by Soli Ozel

16 September 2005

In December, the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk will appear in a court of his country for he dared to affirm to a Swiss newspaper that Turkey had killed 30 000 Kurds and one million Armenians, but the issue was still a taboo. This trial contravenes freedom of speech and it is necessary to be (...)

“Thanks to Kemalism, Turkey Has Advanced On EU Reform”

by Duygu Bazoglu Sezer

16 September 2005

Turkey entered the 21st century with a great project: getting reformed to be accepted by EU. Turkey first approached EU (then EEC) in 1964, and continues to get closer to adhesion. In 1999, the possibility for the Turkish adhesion was recognized. Since 2001, the Turkish system has been broadly (...)

Angela Merkel: Ronald Reagan’s doppelganger?

by Ossama Lotfy

Paris (France) | 13 September 2005

German Christian-Democrat Union candidate to the federal chancellery Angela Merkel was deeply inspired by former movie star and U.S. President Ronald Reagan during a T.V. debate when she faced her opponent Gerhard Schröder. The German conservative right-wing leader kind of borrowed the text (...)

EU: Turkish accession to the EU threatened by the Cypriot issue

by Voltaire Network

Lille (France) | 9 September 2005

The recognition of the Cypriot State by Turkey came back on the international bulletin board this summer when Ankara signed, on July 29, a protocol of agreement on the opening of borders with ten new members of the European Union. For the Cypriot government, this gesture would be an equivalent (...)

“Turkey is as much European as Sarkozy is French”

by Baris Sanli

9 September 2005

After the unfortunate referendum, European politicians rediscovered the populist policies. Turkey has the rare opportunity of being part of them. The problem is that there is no Turkish voice in the European media and many politicians speak about Turkey without even knowing the Turks’ criteria. (...)

“Cyprus should not be an excuse”

by Semih Vaner

9 September 2005

The Cypriot dispute, along with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is the other wound in the Eastern Mediterranean. The problem has gotten everybody’s attention due to the next opening of negotiations about the inclusion of Turkey in the European Union on October 3rd. Ankara has just signed, (...)

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