David Cameron’s “veto” is nothing so new in EU negotiations; the real problem is it exposes the contradictions of the Euro. ++ Euro nations face an unworkable problem; a single currency needs greater political union but such a union cannot be built democratically. ++ Instead of engineering a complex fiscal union, EU leaders should focus on removing the real trade barriers that
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Russia has vetoed an extension of the UN mission in the Georgian breakaway zone of Abkhazia. ++ All international monitoring organizations have left Abkhazia. ++ “Moscow clearly wants to finish what it started… Georgia had been long in the planning… [and Russia’s involvement there] intended to deal a mortal blow to what Moscow saw as Western encroachment in its backyard.” ++ It is up to
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