[Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation

Thu Jun 10 17:51:01 PDT 2010

The inescapable truth is that the two communities must have a meeting
of minds in order to sink the differences.Simply put,to perk up the
relation,both the parties must play by the same set of rules.Dreaming
of an idealistic world is one thing while living in a real world is
quite another.

KJD

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> 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.
>>
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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
>>
>>  ---------- 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!
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>>  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
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  >
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>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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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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