tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post2049365026140901062..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Is this what Merkel wants?OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-22892148338710110952011-11-18T15:36:33.396+00:002011-11-18T15:36:33.396+00:00Could you please post the translated document on y...Could you please post the translated document on your website? The Telegraph seems to have taken down its copy. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-13305546011471310102011-11-18T14:28:55.933+00:002011-11-18T14:28:55.933+00:00The threat by the EZ 17 to "go it alone"...The threat by the EZ 17 to "go it alone" if the UK puts up too many obstacles has less teeth than it appears.<br /><br />As I understand it, the EU institutions (including the ECB) are under the control of the 27 members of the EU, as described in the various treaties between them.<br /><br />If the 17 EZ countries wanted to set up their own agreement (e.g. for a transaction tax), they would, in theory, have to set up their own parallel bureaucracies (and institutions) to implement it. That would cost a lot of money.Kernow Castellanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365501107876860398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-58373436475300437912011-11-18T14:06:19.380+00:002011-11-18T14:06:19.380+00:00The Fourth Reich will reign unless reined in.The Fourth Reich will reign unless reined in.Rollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255460090580758354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-13430411224216083482011-11-18T12:48:12.519+00:002011-11-18T12:48:12.519+00:00Several points emanate from this good article: 1)w...Several points emanate from this good article: 1)why the Foreign rather than say the Finance Ministry? 2) is this paper the views of a think-tank or Frau Merkel? 3) is the document intended for internal (German) consumption only or a wider European audience? 4)perhaps a Freudian slip on your part as you state "...to reign in...."; perhaps the paper is meant as proposals to REIN in miscreants...or you are right "...TO REIGN OVER miscreants". Plenty of food for thought.....Peripatetic Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947563967578134704noreply@blogger.com