tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post8004947670104212195..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: When a real crisis hits...OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-25801571230319600122009-03-04T20:33:00.000+00:002009-03-04T20:33:00.000+00:00Mr. Sarkozy surprises me sometimes. He's a very ba...Mr. Sarkozy surprises me sometimes. He's a very baffling person to me. How can talk about providing aim to the French car manufacturers only and yet claiming it's not protectionism. The Gordon Brown example has nothing to do with what he intended to do. If the French automobile factories in Czech and Slovakia had to move back to France it would cause a disaster in these countries. Did he not think about that? In the time of this crisis, protectionism is the worst choice of all. Good for one country, horrible for the rest. <BR/><BR/>Take care, LorneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-56097511571505882022009-03-03T11:59:00.000+00:002009-03-03T11:59:00.000+00:00"the world's economic crisis is putting this uniqu..."<I>the world's economic crisis is putting this unique institution, the European Union, under very serious strain</I> (Mardell).<BR/><BR/>Unique in what sense? The Roman Empire was very similar. As was Europe under the Nazis. And Soviet Russia. All had Quisling governments in the provinces unwilling to face up to the central power.John McClanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169978301785097717noreply@blogger.com