by Jeff Gimm
This past week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi while in Israel, said it was his greatest desire to see the country join the EU. These sentiments were an echo of a speech given earlier in the year EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana. When speaking about the unique relationship between the EU and Israel, Solana commented:
"I am sorry to say, but I don't see the president of Croatia here," Solana continued, referring to Stjepan Mesic, who also attended the three-day conference.
"His country is a candidate for the European Union, but your relation today with the European Union is stronger than [our] relation to Croatia.”
While Solana was demonstrating a point that he feels geography doesn't have to be one of the major factors in joining the EU and the EU is an economic alliance, the dig was unnecessary. Particularly with Mesic out of the room.
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