Posted on 01/12/2005 8:00:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Ireland is a neutral country and needs a UN mandate before deploying its troops. It is foreseen that the EU battlegroups should be deployable within 10-15 days but getting a UN Security Council Resolution passed usually takes longer... under a defence act of 1954, Irish troops cannot be sent abroad for training, while having foreign troops in the country may breach the Irish Constitution... These revelations are set to be an embarrassment for the Irish government at the EU level as it had been part of the original decision to set up battlegroups.
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I didn't know this
And what is taking the UN so dang long?
Gotta find out if France is gettin' its cut of the graft, of course! ;')
Ireland is very wise to stay out of the battlegroups. Thankfully they won't have Jack Chirac sending them into wars.
Free loader syndrome at work.
I could be wrong .. but that article sounds like the UN is holding things up
EU's military capability is 'worrisome'
EU Observer ^ | January 10 2005 | Honor Mahony
Posted on 01/12/2005 8:06:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319701/posts
I'm sure LoserMan2 and the Breck Girl would agree with that. Bwahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahah!!!
The absolute idiocy and unmitigated folly of the whole European Union project is being revealed on a daily basis for all to see. Nothing good, and I mean nothing, will come of this European fiasco. It will unravel quicker than the Soviet Union!
I think it will stay together (as together as it ever gets), but that it will sink further and further, into a giant-sized version of mid-century Uruguay.
EU considers US-style green cards for migrants
EU Observer ^ | January 12 2005 | Lucia Kubosova
Posted on 01/12/2005 7:49:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319688/posts
EU becomes China's biggest trading partner
EU Observer ^ | January 10 2005 | Richard Carter
Posted on 01/12/2005 7:54:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319693/posts
Poll shows UK big business against EU Constitution
EU Observer ^ | January 10 2005 | Richard Carter
Posted on 01/12/2005 7:52:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1319692/posts
I never knew that either, Mo1. Of course, if it's something negative about another country or the UN, I only read about it on FR.
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