Sunday, August 03, 2008

Oil, Russia and Czech opposition to the Lisbon Treaty

Interesting analysis in the Kuwait Times, linked here, which concludes as follows: The Czech Republic is therefore using the alleged oil cutoff to illustrate just how vulnerable Europe's front lines are to Russian machinations. Because Czech oil refineries process such a large quantity of oil for Germany and the rest of Western Europe, Prague is hoping its strategy will succeed by hinting at just what kind of serious damage the Russians can do by cutting off oil to the Czech Republic. Prague hopes to use the cutoff to rally support behind its veto of the Lisbon Treaty, to elucidate in action what it has been trying to argue in words: that Russia is a serious threat to its region and that Central Europe cannot give up its ability to veto European policy toward the Kremlin.

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Blogger rz said...

The Lisbon Treaty would have enhanced the possibilities of the EU to have a common foreign policy. It is strange that "Prague hopes to use the cutoff to rally support behind its veto of the Lisbon Treaty". Because what it really shows is the foolishness of their position.

To find a common foreign policy we need deeper European Integration. Maybe we should do that without the Czech Republic and Ireland, as they seem to attempt to weaken us in the face of Russian aggression.

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