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...Risks are materializing, and therefore there is a clear case for additional measures," said Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, perhaps airing a not illogical belief that Greece may try to avoid all the pain necessary to resolve the crisis it created. "We're trying to change the course of the Titanic," shot back Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou. "Anyone else doing this would get applause. But they tell us, 'You're not doing enough. You won't be able to do it anyway...
...this means that Iceland could leapfrog other wannabe members in the E.U. queue such as Albania and Turkey, and join at the same time as the current frontrunner candidate country, Croatia. E.U. enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn told U.K. daily The Guardian in January that it could happen as soon as 2011, although most other scenarios put it at 2012 or 2013. "The E.U. prefers two countries joining at the same time rather than individually," Rehn said. "If Iceland applies shortly and the negotiations are rapid, Croatia and Iceland could join the E.U. in parallel...
...Which makes it even more important to see enlargement as part of the solution, not the problem, argues E.U. Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. "While combating the economic recession, we must not make E.U. enlargement a scapegoat for it," he said in a speech last month. "Questioning our commitments on E.U. enlargement will not help us at all to tackle the economic downturn. Let's keep in mind that our economic troubles are not the fault of a Serbian worker or Croatian civil servant." He may well be right. But in this gloomy economic climate, they are easy targets. And they...
...clear contrast to their subjection to the Austro-Hungarian hegemony this time last century, the Balkans today are moving forward democratically precisely because of the promise of EU accession. Just yesterday, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn pointed out the “turning point” in Serbian policy by allowing alleged war criminals from the 90s, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, to be tried for crimes against humanity in The Hague. The EU’s stance on Kosovo’s independence is as clear as their insistence on prosecuting war criminals...
...within the E.U. not only undermine the unity the West has been keen to uphold, but also could complicate the E.U.'s appointed task of helping to administer an independent Kosovo. "It is Europe that would pay the price if the status process fails," the E.U.'s Enlargement Commissioner, Olli Rehn, has stated, adding that the issue should be settled "not by unilateral declarations or unilateral veto threats, but by effective and responsible multilateralism." But multilateralists have to pull together, so officials from the U.S., France and the U.K. will be pressing the view that European unity on Kosovo...