EU DISCUSSIONS

[marcojo]

Latest news from the BBC website

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4337777.stm

[Three Lions]

Ah ha you see all you German praisers! Its a group led by the UK "and Germany". Anyway they seem pretty sure of themselves. God his got a big nose.

[faux pas]

"If we send the message that we're not serious, said one EU diplomat anonymously, that damages the credibility of both the war crimes tribunal and the EU itself. "

They more injustice they do against their innocent Croatian "client" that they thought to get to the Hague to keep their business going on - the more damage they do unto themselves (ICTY & EU). Just an opinion.....

[star]

Apparently Ivo Sanader still expect the talks to go through. He better be careful with the game of chicken he's playing:



www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/10/news/hague.html

[star]

More interesting rhetoric:

Luxembourg, which holds the EU presidency, yesterday suggested the door was still open, even if Gen Gotovina had not been handed over to The Hague tribunal.

British diplomats fear Luxembourg is sending a dangerously mixed message, and say there is no question of member states starting talks while the general is at large.

news.ft.com/cms/s/62f56f82-9108-11d9-9980-00000e2511c8.html

[Ribaric]

But Carla del Ponte is unconvinced. "Despite all public and private assurances from Zagreb, Ante Gotovina remains within reach of the Croatian authorities," she wrote in a letter to EU foreign ministers.

Does she say how she comes to this conclusion?