ONOREFICENZA CROATA PER I RADICALI
I leaders del Partito Radicale Transnazionale - Marco Pannella, Emma
Bonino ed Olivier Dupuis - sono stati insigniti dell'Ordine del Principe
Branimiro, una importante decorazione che lo Stato Croato Indipendente,
in continuita' con lo Stato nazista di Ante Pavelic, assegna ai
personaggi che hanno avuto grandi meriti per la realizzazione della
indipendenza nazionale.
I Radicali Transnazionali hanno infatti contribuito con convinzione allo
scatenamento della guerra fratricida nella Repubblica Federativa
Socialista di Jugoslavia, plaudendo in particolare alla pulizia etnica
nei territori dell'attuale Croazia fino a pochi anni fa abitati in
maggioranza da serbi. Una fotografia di Marco Pannella che veste la
divisa dell'esercito croato, risalente all'autunno 1991, si puo' trovare
alla URL:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/files/pannella.jpg
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EUROPEAN RADICALS MEET PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ZAGREB, Oct 28 (Hina) - A delegation of the Transnational Radical Party
at the European Parliament held talks in Zagreb on Monday with
representatives of the Croatian parliamentary committee on foreign
affairs, discussing European Union (EU) expansion following the
admission of ten new members in 2004. #L#
The delegation, including party president Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino,
and Olivier Dupuis, arrived in Croatia to receive Prince Branimir Order
decorations, conferred by President Stjepan Mesic, for their
contribution to the strengthening of Croatian interests.
Foreign affairs committee chairman Zdravko Tomac told reporters the
talks mentioned a Transnational Radical Party initiative aimed at
warning the EU that the admission of 13 candidate countries must not be
the end of the enlargement process.
"We also mentioned the possibility of Croatia's being the leader of
Euro-Atlantic integration in the region," said Tomac.
"In our country, however, there is fear that if Croatia accepted that
role it would accept the fate of those countries as well. Croatia is
twice as developed (as them) and the difference between Croatia and
those countries is like the difference between the EU and Croatia," said
Tomac.
According to Dupuis, the Radicals believe the EU enlargement process is
incomplete if Croatia and the countries of the Balkans and Caucasia are
left out. A scandal should be caused to remind Brussels that important
parts of Europe have been excluded from the expansion process, he said.
Bonino pointed to the feeling in Brussels that the upcoming admission of
13 new members should end expansion to central and eastern Europe.
The Radicals maintain the doors should be opened to other areas as well,
said Bonino. Croatia has to see if it is more effective to open the
doors to the EU at the head of several countries or to try to enter the
EU by itself, she added.
The objective is for these countries to become candidates, and then to
have each individually meet the criteria to join the EU, she stated.
"The Radicals' concept is democratic. They have realised that nobody in
Europe has the right to exclude a part of Europe from the EU. Croatia
has the right to be in the group with Romania and Bulgaria, and not to
be left out," said Tomac.
Ten candidates for EU membership, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,
should join in 2004.
Romania and Bulgaria still do not meet the admission criteria. As for
the 13th candidate, the EU has still not commenced negotiations with
Turkey.
The Radicals' delegation was also received by Foreign Minister Tonino
Picula, who presented them with the Prince Branimir Order with chain,
the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Pannella, Bonino, and Dupuis were decorated by President Mesic for their
merits in the promotion of Croatia's international position and
reputation, as well as its relations with other states, and for their
outstanding contribution to Croatia's international recognition, the
ministry said.
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I leaders del Partito Radicale Transnazionale - Marco Pannella, Emma
Bonino ed Olivier Dupuis - sono stati insigniti dell'Ordine del Principe
Branimiro, una importante decorazione che lo Stato Croato Indipendente,
in continuita' con lo Stato nazista di Ante Pavelic, assegna ai
personaggi che hanno avuto grandi meriti per la realizzazione della
indipendenza nazionale.
I Radicali Transnazionali hanno infatti contribuito con convinzione allo
scatenamento della guerra fratricida nella Repubblica Federativa
Socialista di Jugoslavia, plaudendo in particolare alla pulizia etnica
nei territori dell'attuale Croazia fino a pochi anni fa abitati in
maggioranza da serbi. Una fotografia di Marco Pannella che veste la
divisa dell'esercito croato, risalente all'autunno 1991, si puo' trovare
alla URL:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/files/pannella.jpg
>
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=ehot&NID=ehot/politika/HA287375.2yc
EUROPEAN RADICALS MEET PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ZAGREB, Oct 28 (Hina) - A delegation of the Transnational Radical Party
at the European Parliament held talks in Zagreb on Monday with
representatives of the Croatian parliamentary committee on foreign
affairs, discussing European Union (EU) expansion following the
admission of ten new members in 2004. #L#
The delegation, including party president Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino,
and Olivier Dupuis, arrived in Croatia to receive Prince Branimir Order
decorations, conferred by President Stjepan Mesic, for their
contribution to the strengthening of Croatian interests.
Foreign affairs committee chairman Zdravko Tomac told reporters the
talks mentioned a Transnational Radical Party initiative aimed at
warning the EU that the admission of 13 candidate countries must not be
the end of the enlargement process.
"We also mentioned the possibility of Croatia's being the leader of
Euro-Atlantic integration in the region," said Tomac.
"In our country, however, there is fear that if Croatia accepted that
role it would accept the fate of those countries as well. Croatia is
twice as developed (as them) and the difference between Croatia and
those countries is like the difference between the EU and Croatia," said
Tomac.
According to Dupuis, the Radicals believe the EU enlargement process is
incomplete if Croatia and the countries of the Balkans and Caucasia are
left out. A scandal should be caused to remind Brussels that important
parts of Europe have been excluded from the expansion process, he said.
Bonino pointed to the feeling in Brussels that the upcoming admission of
13 new members should end expansion to central and eastern Europe.
The Radicals maintain the doors should be opened to other areas as well,
said Bonino. Croatia has to see if it is more effective to open the
doors to the EU at the head of several countries or to try to enter the
EU by itself, she added.
The objective is for these countries to become candidates, and then to
have each individually meet the criteria to join the EU, she stated.
"The Radicals' concept is democratic. They have realised that nobody in
Europe has the right to exclude a part of Europe from the EU. Croatia
has the right to be in the group with Romania and Bulgaria, and not to
be left out," said Tomac.
Ten candidates for EU membership, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,
should join in 2004.
Romania and Bulgaria still do not meet the admission criteria. As for
the 13th candidate, the EU has still not commenced negotiations with
Turkey.
The Radicals' delegation was also received by Foreign Minister Tonino
Picula, who presented them with the Prince Branimir Order with chain,
the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Pannella, Bonino, and Dupuis were decorated by President Mesic for their
merits in the promotion of Croatia's international position and
reputation, as well as its relations with other states, and for their
outstanding contribution to Croatia's international recognition, the
ministry said.
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