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http://www.europa-jetzt.org/forume/a...?id_article=40
A Four-Sea Alliance for Human Security by 2010.
There are good reasons for further enlarging the European Union, particularly to Turkey, but there are just as many to stop the process.
Further enlarging the Union means encouraging the development of a vicious circle already observed in Europe with the rise in power of far-left and far-right parties. On the other hand, the enlargement process in its current form is not - paradoxically - fast enough to respond to urgent forthcoming issues (particularly as regards energy and democracy).
In this context, pursuing the "European dream" requires implementing an "Olympic ring strategy" which, after the reunification of 2004, would launch a new alliance. This means that the Union - which is not meant to become an empire - needs to have its construction completed by the creation of a second ring intertwined with the 25/27-nation Union.
The EU should starting work on a "Four-Sea Alliance for Human Security by 2010", with four specific thematic "baskets":
energy and water,
free and fair trade,
democracy and fundamental rights,
youth.
The Four-Sea Alliance would have its Council, High Commission and Senate established in Istanbul - a bridge between the East and the West - and its Court of Justice set in Strasbourg - a city that symbolizes post-war reconciliation. Relevant European Commission services would move to Istanbul to be integrated into the Alliance’s High Commission. The 2010 Euro-Mediterranean free trade area would become the "Four-Sea free and fair trade area".
Here too..
http://www.raymondvanermen.org/engli.../eu/2010e2.pdf
http://www.europa-jetzt.org/forume/a...?id_article=40
A Four-Sea Alliance for Human Security by 2010.
There are good reasons for further enlarging the European Union, particularly to Turkey, but there are just as many to stop the process.
Further enlarging the Union means encouraging the development of a vicious circle already observed in Europe with the rise in power of far-left and far-right parties. On the other hand, the enlargement process in its current form is not - paradoxically - fast enough to respond to urgent forthcoming issues (particularly as regards energy and democracy).
In this context, pursuing the "European dream" requires implementing an "Olympic ring strategy" which, after the reunification of 2004, would launch a new alliance. This means that the Union - which is not meant to become an empire - needs to have its construction completed by the creation of a second ring intertwined with the 25/27-nation Union.
The EU should starting work on a "Four-Sea Alliance for Human Security by 2010", with four specific thematic "baskets":
energy and water,
free and fair trade,
democracy and fundamental rights,
youth.
The Four-Sea Alliance would have its Council, High Commission and Senate established in Istanbul - a bridge between the East and the West - and its Court of Justice set in Strasbourg - a city that symbolizes post-war reconciliation. Relevant European Commission services would move to Istanbul to be integrated into the Alliance’s High Commission. The 2010 Euro-Mediterranean free trade area would become the "Four-Sea free and fair trade area".
Here too..
http://www.raymondvanermen.org/engli.../eu/2010e2.pdf
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