EU Constitution

Found over at Obsidian Wings is this post which discusses the pains that Europe, in general, is enduring in trying to finalize the European Union Constitution and, specifically, the impediments to equal representation being placed on Poland and Spain by Germany and France. In summary, Germany and France do not want there to be equal representation. They consider themselves more equal.

Another salient issue discussed in the post is a major difference that exists between the United States and France. That is, France has their own major media house organ and anything that is printed by Agence France-Presse should be considered a product of the French government. The US doesn't have such an entity. In fact, the content of the NYT, WaPo, and others sometimes looks like it's also been approved for publication by the French government.

[Update 12/13/03, 11:15pm] The EU Summit Conference collapsed after leaders failed to agree on sharing power within an expanded European Union.