tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post5824622373985836183..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Next round in the Greek-Macedonian nonsense war of wordsJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-27519610526096770982008-08-08T02:31:00.000+02:002008-08-08T02:31:00.000+02:00Well, what is impartiality...? I agree with you th...Well, what is impartiality...? I agree with you that main factor for this conflict is Greece, but I think that the conflict remains a conflict only because on both sides there are actors using the issue and related questions (land, minorities etc.) as basis for continued blame-games and/or political threats. De facto nonsense, no matter which side to take.<BR/><BR/>But a full agreement concerning your last question, although some of the questions go well beyond mere local solutions that could be found within one presidency.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-22713220803193735452008-08-07T23:50:00.000+02:002008-08-07T23:50:00.000+02:00Although this is a nonsense debate, I think it is ...Although this is a nonsense debate, I think it is not fair to be impartial in the debate. It is an EU and NATO member country, Greece, that is obstructing international relations with not letting a sovereign, EU and NATO candidate country to name itself the way its people, its neighbors and the rest of the world calls it.<BR/><BR/>I find it also alarming that <A HREF="http://central.blogactiv.eu/2008/03/26/who-is-negotating-between-macedonia-and-greece/" REL="nofollow">it is the U.S.</A> (under a UN mandate at least) who tries to do something about this unworthy affair.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I really liked the Czech proposal to dedicate their presidency on EU efforts to help resolving frozen international conflicts on EU borders, such as Transdnistria, Kosovo, Cyprus, etc. I think these nationalistic conflicts draw a lot of diplomatic and military energy out of Europe without any positive outcome. I really believe that the EU can never be a global power if it can allow such in its neighborhood.Antal Dánielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982036207587080662noreply@blogger.com