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samedi 28 juin 2008

La phrase du jour 28/06/08 - Jean-Pierre Jouyet

La phrase du jour 28/06/08 - Jean-Pierre Jouyet

"Le rôle des néo-conservateurs américains dans le référendum irlandais a été quelque chose de tout à fait important"

 

"L'Europe reste un combat, l'Europe a des ennemis qui sont puissants et on l'a vu avec le référendum irlandais, qui sont dotés de moyens financiers tout à fait importants, qui viennent non pas d'Europe mais de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique... Le rôle des néo-conservateurs américains dans le référendum irlandais a été quelque chose de tout à fait important"

Jean-Pierre Jouyet, secrétaire d’Etat chargé des Affaires Européennes, qui s'exprimait dans le cadre de la deuxième édition des Etats généraux de l'Europe, à Lyon (source AFP).

 

Paranoïa ? Jean-Pierre Jouyet a certainement raison sur l'activisme néocon en Europe (voir ci-dessous). Il ne faudrait cependant pas oublier qu'en retour, le camp du Oui a montré son incapacité la plus totale à défendre ses positions et à mener une campagne digne de ce nom.

En témoigne un sondage assez complet de Gallup qui détaille les raisons du non irlandais au Traité de Lisbonne. Cette enquête a été commanditée par la Représentation de la Commission européenne en Irlande.

Ses enseignements principaux en sont :

- 52% des abstentionnistes affirment ne pas avoir complètement compris l'enjeu du référendum. 42% affirment ne pas avoir été suffisamment informés sur ses conséquences. Et 37% disent ne pas avoir été assez informés de son contenu.

- 64% des 18-24 ans se sont abstenus, contre seulement 31% des 55 ans et plus.

- 57% des partisans du oui estiment que la campagne des nonistes a été la plus efficace. Dans l'ensemble, 68% des votants partagent cette opinion.


Dixit Jean-Claude Juncker : "On peut gagner un référendum, c'est faisable. Il faut juste se battre, et encore se battre"

 

Lire un commentaire néocon :

Ireland Saves Europe From Itself
Nile Gardiner, the Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, June 17, 2008

"...The Treaty, a reheated version of the European Constitution, which was originally rejected by voters in France and Holland in 2005, is a blueprint for a European superstate with major implications for the EU’s 27 member states. It has all the trappings of supra nationalism, creating an uber-government including an EU foreign minister and permanent president as well as an EU diplomatic corps and pan-European magistracy. If enacted it would threaten the very fabric of the transatlantic alliance, from the Anglo-American special relationship to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as well as a host of major bilateral relationships between Washington and European capitals.

The Treaty's defeat should be celebrated by all who believe in the principle of national sovereignty and the right of individual peoples to shape their own future. It should be warmly welcomed by the United States as a sign that the spirit of freedom is still alive and well in Europe. It is in America’s interests to have a Europe of sovereign states that can work together with the U.S. when and where they choose to do so, without being subject to dictats from Brussels..."


Lire également :

US Neocons Accused of Role in Irish 'No' Vote
Spiegel 25/06/08

"Did neo-cons from the United States fund the campaign in Ireland to reject the Lisbon Treaty? Accusations to that effect are widespread -- particularly given the business contacts of a leading group in the "no" camp.

The words were clear: "Europe has powerful enemies on the other side of the Atlantic, gifted with considerable financial means." The speaker was France's Europe Minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet, addressing a pro-European rally in Lyon at the weekend.

He was putting the blame for the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty on some surprising shoulders: neoconservatives in the United States. "The role of the American neocons was very important in the victory of the 'no,'" he said.

A voice of paranoia from old Europe? Perhaps. But the allegations are not exactly new. Those campaigning for a "yes" vote in the Irish referendum on June 12 had made similar suggestions in the run up to the vote.

One of the most powerful groups campaigning against the treaty was Libertas, which describes itself as a "new European movement dedicated to campaigning for greater democratic accountability and transparency in the institutions of the EU." The group had said that its main gripe with the Lisbon Treaty had been that it was anti-democratic and could undermine Irish business interests.

Libertas claimed it spent €1.3 million on its campaign, though its opponents speculate the total might be even higher. In contrast, the ruling Fianna Fail party was estimated to have spent around €700,000 on its "yes" campaign.

There has been much speculation about where exactly the Libertas funding came from. The group's founder Declan Ganley is an Irish millionaire who is also CEO of Rivada Networks, a telecommunications company which has worked with the US military. The company's Web site says that it is a "leading designer, integrator and operator of public safety communications and information technology networks for homeland security forces and first responders."

A member of the center-right Fine Gael party, Lucinda Creighton, said before the referendum that the businesses of Ganley and Ulick McEvaddy, an aviation millionaire who was also involved in the "no" campaign, were "heavily dependent on contracts from the US State Department, the Pentagon and US government agencies." She went on to say: "These men are a lot less concerned about Irish sovereignty than they are about the potential hit to their own personal business interests."

However, Ganley rejected any allegation that US funding was behind his campaign. Before the referendum he told the Irish Independent newspaper: "I am funding it and so are a lot of other people. We have a donations facility online. .. There are some wonderful people that are stepping forward and writing checks."...

...Comments from a controversial former US diplomat before the referendum have added fuel to the conspiracy theory. John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, was in Dublin to deliver a speech on trans-Atlantic relations a week before the vote. He warned that the treaty could "undercut NATO," something that would be a "huge mistake." According to Bolton, known for being one of Washington's most outspoken hawks, if the EU had its own military capability people will think NATO redundant and that Europeans "can take care of their own defense."..."

 

jeudi 1 mai 2008

La phrase du jour 01/05/08 - Michael Hayden

La phrase du jour 01/05/08 - Michael Hayden

"il n'est pas clair quand et si les Etats-Unis et l'Europe en viendront à partager la même vision des menaces du 21ème siècle, comme nous l'avons fait dans la dernière moitié du 20ème siècle, et forgeront ensuite une approche commune à la sécurité"

Michael Hayden, directeur de la CIA

 

"AFP 30/04/08 - ...Dans un discours à l'université d'Etat du Kansas (centre), le directeur de la CIA a fait état de changements dans "la relation stratégique clé" entre l'Europe et les Etats-Unis, notamment "de désaccords sur la guerre en Irak et la lutte contre le terrorisme" qui "ont soulevé des questions ces dernières années sur l'avenir de l'Alliance".

"Ces désaccords, a-t-il poursuivi, sont seulement des symptômes d'un glissement sous-jacent provoqué par la fin de la Guerre Froide" qui "revient à ceci: la relation USA-Europe n'a plus besoin de se focaliser d'abord sur l'Europe"...

..."Nous pouvons, pour la première fois, consacrer la plus grande partie de notre énergie à faire face aux menaces mondiales qui nous affectent tous", a-t-il dit...

..."Si nous partageons la même idée que le terrorisme est un danger pressant, nous ne sommes pas d'accord sur les meilleures manières de l'affronter" a-t-il ajouté.

"Des vues divergentes sur la nature des menaces et la meilleure tactique pour les affronter affecteront vraisemblablement les relations Europe-Etats-Unis pour la plus grande partie de ce siècle et ses effets se feront sentir à plusieurs niveaux - du renseignement aux forces de l'odre à la coopération militaire et la politique étrangère", a ajouté M. Hayden.

"Je suis sûr que nous continuerons à travailler ensemble sur de nombreux défis mondiaux comme nous le faisons aujourd'hui en apportant la stabilité à l'Afghanistan et dans nos efforts pour dissuader l'Iran de développer un armement nucléaire" a-t-il poursuivi.

"Mais il n'est pas clair quand et si les Etats-Unis et l'Europe en viendront à partager la même vision des menaces du 21ème siècle, comme nous l'avons fait dans la dernière moitié du 20ème siècle, et forgeront ensuite une approche commune à la sécurité", a-t-il relevé."

 

lundi 14 avril 2008

Repères 14/04/08 - Europe - Viva Angela Merkel !

Repères 14/04/08 - Europe - Viva Angela Merkel !

Qui pourrait être leader de l'Europe ?
France 24, 04 avril 2008

"Ce sondage* Harris Interactive pour FRANCE 24 et l’International Herald Tribune a porté sur les questions suivantes : quel pays et quelle personnalité politique s’imposent comme leader de l’Europe ?

L’Allemagne est clairement perçue comme le pays leader de l’Europe, du point de vue des Européens. Une opinion massivement partagée par les Français (68 %), les Espagnols (57 %) et les Allemands eux-mêmes (57 %). Les Britanniques et les Italiens sont plus partagés entre l’Allemagne et la Grande Bretagne. Les Américains, sans surprise, considèrent, en proportion élevée (63 %) que la Grande- Bretagne est actuellement le leader de l’Europe.

Et lorsqu’on demande d’indiquer quelle est la personnalité qu’ils considèrent comme le leader actuel le plus influent de l’Europe, les Européens citent en première position Angela Merkel, qui devance assez nettement Nicolas Sarkozy, y compris auprès des Français. Gordon Brown, bien que cité en premier lieu par les Américains, n'est que très rarement perçu comme leader par les Européens..."

 

vendredi 21 mars 2008

Repères 21/03/08 - Présidence française : Sarkozy stresse déjà les Européens

Repères 21/03/08 - Présidence française : Sarkozy stresse déjà les Européens

EU anxiety as Sarkozy prepares to take helm
IHT March 19, 2008

"...The dinner concluded, Sarkozy convened a midnight press conference at which he claimed that his plan for Mediterranean cooperation was the third big French initiative to be adopted by the EU in a year.

Observing Sarkozy basking in the limelight, oozing adrenaline, one could be forgiven for thinking that he was running the EU.

In three months, that impression will become reality. In July, Paris takes over the bloc's six-month rotating presidency from the long-suffering Slovenians. And that prospect is beginning to cause anxiety in Brussels...

...The holder of the EU presidency is expected to run the agenda in an impartial manner, to consult widely, flatter colleagues and broker deals behind the scenes even if it means giving others the credit.

Judged on his current performance, Sarkozy faces a steep learning curve...

...The issue that prompted the latest clash was Sarkozy's plan for a Union for the Mediterranean, originally conceived as a body linking the EU's southern states to the non-EU Mediterranean countries. As such it threatened to exclude Germany - the biggest source of EU funds. In the eyes of Chancellor Angela Merkel, it might have led to the fragmentation of the EU, posing a fundamental danger to German interests.

The dispute over the Mediterranean was eventually patched up with a compromise announced at last week's summit meeting. But such rifts are difficult to avoid when the leaders' personal styles contrast so starkly. Merkel, a scientist by training, is always well briefed and rarely opens her mouth without having thought through all the implications; Sarkozy frequently shoots from the hip...

...But if Germany is alarmed, one senior European diplomat said, small countries are petrified. For them, Sarkozy personifies a dangerous combination: "a mercurial nature with bulldozer-like tendencies when he has an idea in his brain."...

...Sarkozy's energy and single-mindedness do produce results, his Mediterranean initiative being a good example. Though it was watered down after German objections, Paris won the right to create new structures. Some in Berlin believe that Sarkozy was taught a lesson: He had to compromise.

But he may have drawn the opposite conclusion: Even if he didn't get 100 percent of what he wanted, Sarkozy managed to bounce the Germans into a plan they hated.

Another looming difficulty is the concentration of policy making in the person of the president. This is a familiar pattern in the French system. The Foreign Ministry, the prime minister's office and the presidential staff often have different views, and it is only when the president takes a stand that the policy is settled.

But with Sarkozy it is even more difficult for French officials - let alone anyone else - to predict how a policy is going to turn out...

..."Across a range of policies," the European diplomat said, there is "a lot of talk about French ambition and very little clarity about French objectives." "

 

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