Why am I not surprised about this? The Czech Presidency has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as ‘defensive’. Hmmm, I think not.
I’m not looking forward to the Czechs in the chair for the next 6 months. Bring back Sarko, all is forgiven.
[UPDATE]
They don’t even know who’s who in the Kremlin, and they have to help fix the problems with Russian gas (not) flowing to Europe.
Marko, actually I think the one you are citing is a long awaited good move in European Southeastern external relations in the past few years. And I really wonder what the hell Mr Sarkozy is doing in Israel. The Russian-Georgian truce, that is what I call a gaffe.
About Sarko:
Among the two cited here I opt for the power seeking theory…
http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/01/sarkozys-middle-east-diplomacy-ruffles-a-few-feathers-in-europe/
but in this case, while still without a common “double hat president”, the Sarko’s game can be dangerous a lot…
please at least a (Parliament elected) common foreign minister, please at least a (Parliament elected) common foreign minister…
Enjoy this one as well:
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=03&nav_id=56184