[Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation

Thu Jun 10 12:50:49 PDT 2010

*** And some want the separation to remain lest they lose  their  
conquests :-).

On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:

> And some want both - as long as it suits them :)
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani <
> absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Isn't that something? Some are visioning of one big united world  
>> and some
>> are trying to  divide one little (or big) country that they live in.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sushanta Kar <pragyan.tsc50 at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:56:30
>> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
>> Subject: [Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
>>
>> This is the Dream, most of the people is visioning these days.  
>> People of
>> this region will sure go for it!
>>
>> I support your proposal Dilipda!
>>
>> Sushanta
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
>> Date: 10 June 2010 23:22
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the  
>> world <
>> assam at assamnet.org>
>>
>>
>> Precisely!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>>
>>  I am sure most netters have read european history and know how  
>> viciously
>>> the european tribes (and subsequently nations) fought for centuries.
>> World
>>> wars I and II were fought in Europe. If those people can form an
>> economic
>>> and political union for the sake of survival, what is wrong in  
>>> expecting
>>> India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan
>> possibly)
>>> to form a federation?
>>> There are 27 members in the EU and it is growing.
>>> Dilip
>>> ===========================================================
>>>
>>> Member states
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The continental territories of the member states of the European  
>>> Union
>>> (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession.
>>>
>>> Albania
>>>
>>> Austria
>>>
>>> Belarus
>>>
>>> Belgium
>>>
>>>
>>> Bos.
>>> & Herz.
>>>
>>> Bulgaria
>>>
>>> Croatia
>>>
>>> Cyprus
>>>
>>> Czech
>>> Rep.
>>>
>>> Denmark
>>>
>>> Estonia
>>>
>>> Finland
>>>
>>> France
>>>
>>> Germany
>>>
>>> Greece
>>>
>>> Hungary
>>>
>>> Iceland
>>>
>>>
>>> Ireland
>>>
>>> Italy
>>>
>>> Latvia
>>>
>>> Lithuania
>>>
>>> Luxembourg
>>>
>>> Mac.
>>>
>>> Malta?
>>>
>>> Moldova
>>>
>>> Mont.
>>>
>>> Netherlands
>>>
>>> Norway
>>>
>>> Poland
>>>
>>> Portugal
>>>
>>> Romania
>>>
>>> Russia
>>>
>>> Serbia
>>>
>>> Slovakia
>>>
>>> Slovenia
>>>
>>> Spain
>>>
>>> Sweden
>>>
>>> Switz-
>>> erland
>>>
>>> Turkey
>>>
>>> Ukraine
>>>
>>>
>>> United
>>> Kingdom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> European Union is composed of 27 sovereign Member States: Austria,
>> Belgium,
>>> Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,  
>>> France,
>>> Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,  
>>> Luxembourg,
>>> Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic,
>>> Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.[30]
>>> The Union's membership has grown from the original six founding
>>> states-Belgium, France, (then-West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and  
>>> the
>>> Netherlands-to the present day 27 by successive enlargements as
>> countries
>>> acceded to the treaties and by doing so, pooled their sovereignty in
>>> exchange for representation in the institutions.[31]
>>> To join the EU a country must meet the Copenhagen criteria,  
>>> defined at
>> the
>>> 1993 Copenhagen European Council. These require a stable democracy  
>>> that
>>> respects human rights and the rule of law; a functioning market  
>>> economy
>>> capable of competition within the EU; and the acceptance of the
>> obligations
>>> of membership, including EU law. Evaluation of a country's  
>>> fulfilment of
>> the
>>> criteria is the responsibility of the European Council.[32]
>>> No member state has ever left the Union, although Greenland (an
>> autonomous
>>> province of Denmark) withdrew in 1985. The Lisbon Treaty now  
>>> provides a
>>> clause dealing with how a member leaves the EU.
>>> There are three official candidate countries, Croatia, Macedonia and
>>> Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and  
>>> Iceland
>> are
>>> officially recognised as potential candidates.[33] Kosovo is also  
>>> listed
>> as
>>> a potential candidate but the European Commission does not list it  
>>> as an
>>> independent country because not all member states recognise it as an
>>> independent country separate from Serbia.[34]
>>> Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the  
>>> EU have
>>> partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland,  
>>> which has
>> now
>>> applied for membership, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part  
>>> of
>> the
>>> single market through the European Economic Area, and Switzerland,  
>>> which
>> has
>>> similar ties through bilateral treaties.[35][36] The relationships  
>>> of
>> the
>>> European microstates, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican
>> include
>>> the use of the euro and other areas of co-operation.[37]
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> assam mailing list
>>> assam at assamnet.org
>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> assam mailing list
>> assam at assamnet.org
>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sushnta Kar
>> ??????? ??
>> ??????????, ????
>>
>> ???? ????????:
>> http://sushantakar40.blogspot.com
>> http://ishankonerkahini.blogspot.com
>> http://ishankonerkotha.blogspot.com
>> ???? ???????? '????????'
>> http://pragyan06now.blogspot.com
>> http://sites.google.com/site/pragyan06now
>>
>> "??????????? ??????? ???? ?????? ????? ???????, ????? ????? ?????? ??????"
>> ???????????
>> _______________________________________________
>> assam mailing list
>> assam at assamnet.org
>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> assam mailing list
>> assam at assamnet.org
>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
>>
> _______________________________________________
> assam mailing list
> assam at assamnet.org
> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org