Re: Re: The French %27NO%27

building a counterpart or at least an impediment to the US
unilateralism.

constitution rather than to the destruction of 50 years long efforts
for European consolidation. It should not be a strong EU but a
monetarist EU that was rejected yesterday. Otherwise, how can we
build a united global state? We, even the Asians, also vision a Grand
Asia or a United Socialist Federation of North Eastern Asian Countries
(including North and South Koreas, Democratically Renovated Japan, China).
India and South-Eastern Asian countries might also join if they wish.

>From : a.hermann_at_isae.it
To : she_forum_at_itk.ntnu.no, trond.andresen_at_itk.ntnu.no
Cc :
Date : Mon, 30 May 2005 11:49:53 +0200
Subject : Re: [HE] The French 'NO'

Dear colleagues, to be honest I am not content with the result, though

recognizing the many limitations of the EU Constitution project. The point

is that the French 'No' would neither reduce the great power of corporations

nor abolish capitalistic markets; rather, it would probably increase their

power, in the absence of adequate supranational institutions aimed at

limiting and regulating the action of these bodies. Certainly, European

Union was also constructed to fit the interests of corporations, but, I

would hope, also to meet other exigencies. I think of a supranational

institution like EU essential for addressing problems that are in their

nature supranational; the political action of the Eu cannot be conservative

'per se', as it is a reflex of the politics of the member countries, so in

order to help construct a left-wing Eu we should first of all construct a

left-wing politics, internationally oriented, across member countries.

Please do not forget what happened in Europe in the thirties when

international relations broke down.

Un "salutone" from Italy

Arturo Hermann

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From: "trond andresen" <trond.andresen_at_itk.ntnu.no>
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Subject: RE: [HE] The French 'NO'
> Joseph Halevi kindly reminded me that there are three, not
> two, countries in Western Europe outside the EU.
>
> Ooops and sorry. Maybe I unconsciously think of Iceland as part of
> Norway...   ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Trond Andresen
>
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