[Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation

Thu Jun 10 14:11:18 PDT 2010

On Jun 10, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:

> And some to stop humanity going haywire and let vagabonds rule.
> :)

**** You have come full circle here A, right down to 'vagabonds  
rule' :-).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:50:49
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Cc: <pragyan.tsc50 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
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> *** And some want the separation to remain lest they lose  their
> conquests :-).
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> On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>> And some want both - as long as it suits them :)
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>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani <
>> absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> -----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
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>>> ---------- 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
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>>> assam at assamnet.org>
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>>> Precisely!
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>>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
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>>>   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
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>>>> Member states
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>>>> The continental territories of the member states of the European
>>>> Union
>>>> (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession.
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>>>> Albania
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>>>> Austria
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>>>> Belarus
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>>>> Belgium
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>>>> Bos.
>>>> & Herz.
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>>>> Bulgaria
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>>>> Croatia
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>>>> Cyprus
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>>>> Czech
>>>> Rep.
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>>>> Denmark
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>>>> Estonia
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>>>> Finland
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>>>> France
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>>>> Germany
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>>>> Greece
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>>>> Hungary
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>>>> Iceland
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>>>> Ireland
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>>>> Italy
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>>>> Latvia
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>>>> Lithuania
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>>>> Luxembourg
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>>>> Mac.
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>>>> Malta?
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>>>> Moldova
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>>>> Mont.
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>>>> Netherlands
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>>>> Norway
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>>>> Poland
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>>>> Portugal
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>>>> Romania
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>>>> Russia
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>>>> Serbia
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>>>> Slovakia
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>>>> Slovenia
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>>>> Spain
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>>>> Sweden
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>>>> Switz-
>>>> erland
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>>>> Turkey
>>>>
>>>> Ukraine
>>>>
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>>>> United
>>>> Kingdom
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>>>> 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]
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