The Irish no – paid for by the United States?
Posted on September 28, 2008 - Filed Under European union, USA | Leave a Comment
Some media, including Der Spiegel and EUObserver reports that it was U.S. neokonservatives that paid for the Irish no-campaign.
Der Spiegel quoted the French Europe Minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet from a meeting in Lyon:
“Europe has powerful enemies on the other side of the Atlantic, gifted with considerable financial means.”
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He was putting the blame for the Irish [...]
The Arctic is melting – drill for oil
Posted on September 23, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic, Canada, European union | 1 Comment
The Arctic is melting – drill for oil. That is the response from the European Commission at least if we are to believe the EUObserver, that writes:
Drilling for oil in the fragile northern environment must go ahead with European financial and political support for the sake of EU energy security, energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs declared [...]
Conflicting claims
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic | Leave a Comment
I have earlier written about the conflicting claims in the polar basin. The University of Durham has published this very interesting map of these claims.
You can find a larger version of this map in a pdf-version with notes at http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ibru/arctic.pdf This map gives you a good idea of the potential conflicts in the north.