Why not? Well take the dispute between Spain and Morocco over the island of Parsley. In the end Colin Powell had to broker a deal. Why couldn't the EU do it? The French blocked any governmental policy (trade links with Morocco), the EU's foreign policy head Javier Solana is Spanish (so Moroccans didn't trust him), and a Socialist (so the conservative Spanish government didn't trust him). The head of the EU commission, Romano Prodi, might have had a chance but he blurted out 'Parsley is EU territory', which rather ruled him out.
Probably another 2% to the 'No' campaign for the euro.
posted by Matthew @ 7/25/2002 01:39:00 PM
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