From: Ad 

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 07:29:52 +0100, Ad wrote:
>
>>
>> &? He sees himself as France's Thatcher. Good news & about time too.
>> Hopefully he'll not shrink from moving the barricades.
>>
>> However the whole election was about "the economy
stupid" with hardly a
>> mention of any foreign affairs (they briefly touched upon Turkey).
>>
>> Oh & in terms of that, I believe it would be good for your area of
>> concern if Turkey joined the EU, lost it's propensity for mil coups etc
>> &......I believe your el presidente has been pressing the Turkish case
>> for membership....
>
> Not going to happen and really Frances position is just one of a long
> list.  Probably not even #1 on the list.
>

He has been pretty straightforward in his "non". Personally I
think it's a mistake as while Turkey ain't ready yet & probably won't
be for 10 years (& then add at least another 5 for the accession talks
etc) I think the current Germano-Franco nein/non is not very bright.

>
>> So in that regard Sarkozy is very bad news & very anti-Bush/America as
>> he has said a flat non to the turks joining the EU.
>
> Adam,  always able to find the dark cloud in the silver lining for the US.
> 
>

Nah mate just realism. If there weren't dark clouds there'd be no rain
& then the plants would die 

Adam

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