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...article "The Next Step" misunderstands the major issues that concern Britain, the Lisbon Treaty and membership of the European Union as a whole: the principles of sovereignty, democracy, transparency and accountability [Oct. 19]. Elliott refers to how convenient it would be for America, France and Germany if Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic "fall into line soon." That phrase should fill the people of Europe with dread. Democratic nations are a collection of people who are governed by those chosen to serve them. The majority of the people of Britain have no confidence in an expensive, faceless bureaucracy such...
...Europe in Step? Michael Elliott's article "The Next Step" misunderstands the major issues that concern Britain, the Lisbon Treaty and membership of the European Union as a whole: the principles of sovereignty, democracy, transparency and accountability [Oct. 19]. Elliott refers to how convenient it would be if Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic "fall into line soon." That phrase should fill the people of Europe with dread. Democratic nations are a collection of people who are governed by those chosen to serve them. The majority of the people of Britain have no confidence in an expensive, faceless bureaucracy like...
...team try so hard to satisfy their critics that they appear unwilling to make critical choices, doing just enough to raise hopes but not enough to realize them. The Administration, for example, announced in mid-September that it was unilaterally dropping plans to base advanced missile-defense interceptors in Poland and the Czech Republic. Critics said Obama had given away the East European store to Russia in the vague hope of getting assistance on Iran. But a month later, literally on the same day that the U.S., Russia and others were negotiating with Iran in Vienna, Vice President Joe Biden...
...would shed 10,000 positions at its European plants, roughly the same number of jobs that Magna had planned to cut. GM did not say where the cuts would fall. The company employs 7,000 people in Spain, 5,500 in Britain, 3,900 in Sweden, 3,600 in Poland and 2,600 in Belgium. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...group's immediate guide had been affable 20-something Ms. Kim. She had insisted that photographs "must not, cannot" be taken from the tour bus. In 2009, equally personable 20-something Ms. Han, who had studied in Poland, exclaimed "Sure!" via her front-of-coach microphone. We snapped away...