{"id":1566,"date":"2007-05-17T07:21:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T07:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/17\/links-for-2007-05-17\/"},"modified":"2007-05-17T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2007-05-17T07:21:27","slug":"links-for-2007-05-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/links-for-2007-05-17\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-05-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tol.org\/eu\/2007\/05\/15\/the-balkans-they-love-to-hate\/\">Slagging off eastern Europe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The press&#8217; lack of knowledge of the new EU countries<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Eastern_Europe\">Eastern_Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/euobserver.com\/9\/24073\">Germany fails to save EU-Russia summit agenda<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">There&#8217;s a surprise &#8211; Putin seems to be having fun with this<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Germany\">Germany<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.registan.net\/index.php\/2007\/05\/15\/uzbekistans-mfa-is-pissed\/\">Uzbekistan isn&#8217;t happy<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Just as well the EU extended sanctions&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Central_Asia\">Central_Asia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caucaz.com\/home_eng\/breve_contenu.php?id=312\">&#8220;The Black Sea Synergy&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The European Union begins to think strategically about the Black Sea<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Eastern_Europe\">Eastern_Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,2144,2516877,00.html\">Sarkozy to the rescue?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The new French President&#8217;s first official trip is to Germany to sort out the EU constitution<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Germany\">Germany<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/election-presidentielle-2007\/20070516.WWW000000328_en_images_les_moments_cles_de_la_ceremonie.html\">Sarkozy&#8217;s inauguration<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">In pictures<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/000fda36-034a-11dc-a023-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8,_i_rssPage=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html\">Brown set for &#8220;hard-headed pro-Europeanism&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yet again, Gordon&#8217;s EU approach seems to be heralded in a low-key manner by sidekick Ed Balls&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Britain\">Britain<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Labour\">Labour<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,483240,00.html\">What Sarkozy means for Europe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yet more Franco-European speculation, good on the France\/Germany relationship<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Germany\">Germany<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/stories\/2007\/05\/16\/007.html\">It&#8217;s time for Putin to find new friends<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">With Chirac now gone, Russia has lost its only really friendly western European leader<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taurillon.org\/Constitution-On-ne-fera-pas-l-Europe-sans-les-Europeens\">Sarkozy and the EU constitution<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">His lack of an EU mandate, and fresh calls for an EU-wide referendum (in French)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,483277,00.html\">&#8220;Sarkozy&#8217;s Victory Is that of Reality over Utopia&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Lefty intellectual Max Gallo on why Sarkozy is the best bet for France<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/english\/20070516.WWW000000437_threat_to_france_on_internet.html\">&#8220;the coming days will witness a bloody jihadist campaign and a war without mercy&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A group that&#8217;s claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in Istanbul, London and Madrid now turns its attention to Sarkozy and France<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/TWAT\">TWAT<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardlucas.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/diary-part-three.html\">&#8220;Transdniestria is scary&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The third part of Edward Lucas&#8217; Moldovan diary<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Moldova\">Moldova<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Transdniester\">Transdniester<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/english\/20070516.WWW000000427_quai_d_orsay_threatened_by_ministerial_reorganization.html\">&#8220;left standing in our shorts&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The future of the French Foreign Ministry under Sarkozy<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/europe\/article1800843.ece\">Gardens of Lucullus discovered<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The first Roman pleasure garden. 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