Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel started off Germany’s term as EU president by officially saying what everyone has been.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR CALLS FOR ‘RELIABLE RELATIONS’ WITH RUSSIA
In a major speech at the start of the German EU Presidency, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 17 that the EU needs “reliable relations” with Russia, German media reported. She added that “we cannot ignore issues like freedom of the press, civil liberties, or conflicts in Russia’s neighboring countries” in dealing with Moscow.

Únreliability is a hard reputation to shake, even with immense reserves of oil and gas.


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Atlantic Review added these pithy words on Jan 19 07 at 10:13 pm

But what’s more stable than an autocracy?

a517dogg added these pithy words on 20 Jan 07 at 1:36 am

Like Bush said, “Dictatorship’s are easier than Democracy”.

Travis Gosselin added these pithy words on 22 Jan 07 at 11:08 am
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Merkel Lets the Cat Officially Out of the Bag

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