Eu and Blair
Alif Zabr, Dhaka
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair did some plain speaking addressing the EU ensemble, before the UK takes over the EU chairmanship (in turn). As a loyal and passionate European (I), he stressed on finding collations, not spotting problems. Change with the changing times, he exhorted the other Europeans (across the English Channel).Is Europe an industrialised region, or merely agricultural, when 40 percent of the huge EU budget goes for subsidising the farmers? It cannot last decade after decade. Asia is looming large, and China and India would compete with the Western world. The sine wave crest is shifting now from the West to the East (believe it or not!). The decline and fall of the Roman empire is now past history. A new chapter might be in the offing: the decline and fall of EU, warned the British Prime Minister, if the British ruled one fifth of the world, where the sun never set, so he talks with DNA intuition! The Muslim nations control the majority of the world's energy natural reserves and/or reservesone reason why the Malaysian PM called for setting up the OIC Common Market (DS June 24). Now the communication gap is economic, not linguistic. Both China and India, the upcoming giants, are desperately short of energy. This is the time to unite and show results. Tiny Bangladesh has still some negotiating strength, depending on political consensus. Why we waste energy through non-use? Burn up the negative political attitudes. Unite with energy, not weakness.
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