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http://es.video.yahoo.com/watch/2393413/7155876 Madame Sarkozy After the Irish no vote, Merkel and Sarkozy reverted to Eurobabble, saying that the Lisbon Treaty was aimed at "making Europe more democratic". But when most people think about democracy, they tend to think of their right to vote on matters of national significance. The Lisbon Treaty works in the opposite direction, transferring power from the burghers in the suburbs to Brussels Now it seems that old-fashioned democracy and national sovereignty are back in fashion among the EU leaders, too. Sarkozy's talk of Europeans has been bumped aside by the first real financial crisis and a whole swathe of European countries has effectively given a two-finger salute to the grand idea of co-ordination under the auspices of a transnational EU model. The EU has faltered under the weight of its own haughtiness The reason? When countries enter EU headquarters in Brussels, they don't leave their own national interests at the door. And so it was a EUtopian dream to expect nation-states to cede decision-making power in the middle of a global financial meltdown. None of this denies the fact EU leaders have managed some co-ordination to date. And, in an ideal world, wider co-ordination from European countries would deliver a more effective outcome given the intricate relationships between the financial systems of each country But back in the real world, Sarkozy's one voice for Europe has broken apart into many different languages. National interests trump transnational interests. If EU leaders fall back on national sovereignty at the first whiff of a crisis, how can they expect their people to climb aboard the EU's grander geopolitical project Interview with Brookings Institute Visiting Fellow and former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer. The interview was conducted by Myroslava Honhadze of VOAs Ukrainian Service a few hours before President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko dissolved parliament last week It seems to me that the chances for Ukraine getting a Membership Action Plan in December are practically zero. And actually thats really because of a couple of reasons. One is, for countries like Germany, obviously, there is the Russian reaction. But the other question, and this goes back to April and the Bucharest summit, is does the government, does the prime minister support the presidents policy on the Membership Action Plan. So right now there seem to be three scenarios, the most likely of which appears to be new elections. If there are new elections in December or January and when NATO foreign ministers meet in December, they wont know who the next prime minister is going to be, let alone whether he or she will support a Membership Action Plan. And the other two scenarios would be either an alignment between Regions and the Tymoshenko Bloc or a reconstitution of the Orange coalition between Our Ukraine and the Tymoshenko Bloc in the next couple of days, but both of those scenarios would be very unlikely. It would seem to me that the Regions-Tymoshenko alignment is not going to produce a government that supports a Membership Action Plan. And even if you put back the Orange Coalition, after the problems and the debates between them and the infighting of the last couple of months, Im not sure European governments are going to see that as sustainable. The other factor seems to me the U.S. government will continue to want to support Ukraine for a Membership Action Plan, but the problem is that in December its going to be the final days of the Bush Administration. That administration is just not going to have the diplomatic clout to make a MAP happen It seems to me as an outside observer, and bear in mind Im watching this from four thousand miles away, but I do think President Yushchenko was very clear when he was in Washington that he supports the Membership Action Plan, he thinks it makes sense for Ukraines foreign policy course. But hes also got the domestic political situation and the politics there. Politics are politics. They are very important in Ukraine, they are very important obviously in the United States right now. But in terms of the political course he has chosen, that complicates his desire to achieve a Membership Action Plan. Like I said, I think its going to be very hard, almost impossible to see it happen in December Well, I think there are a couple of things here. I mean, you know, first of all, something was different in September from in July, and that is you had the conflict between Russia and Georgia. Im not sure that represents a threat to Ukraine, but certainly this more assertive Russian foreign policy is a challenge for Ukraine. So it seems to me that a big part of that visit, having President Yushchenko meet with President Bush in the Oval Office, was basically On Whether Early Election Will Have a Weakening Effect on Ukraine On the Stance of John McCains and Barack Obamas Campaigns on Ukraine 1 2 3 4 5
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