VR listener chimed in on the challenges the new officials will be facing: "The immigration causes much resentment here, too many British people unemployed over stretched housing Cameron is strongly criticised for not preventing it."
It's time for a debate! Radio VR's Agree or Disagree has experts on potential internal conflict high up in the leadership of the European Union. Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Federica Mogherini will become the EU’s new High Representative for foreign and security policy and Polish PM Donald Tusk will become the new president of the EC. The opponents of Mogherini point out her young age and inexperience as her major weaknesses, while Tusk is seen as a hawk and favored by many Eastern European states of the bloc. How will the two politicians work together and reconcile their differences? Radio VR discussed the appointments with Anna van Densky, a political observer and writer for the magazine EU Reporter, and Reinhard Goweil, a political analyst and the editor-in-chief of Wiener Zeitung. Check out en.ria.ru/radio for the full discussion and, as always, tell us what you think.
Here's what we received from our readers and listeners so far.
Sabina Scifo Boustani wrote:
"Italy is ruled by politicians that gain a chair in the parliament without regular political election. Europe doesn't have leaders, has only slaves of the USA.”
Isobel Jardine chimed in on the challenges the new officials will be facing:
“The immigration causes much resentment here, too many British people unemployed over stretched housing Cameron is strongly criticised for not preventing it.”
Meanwhile, Mubale Wa Mudenya believes:
“Poland should go back to the East, otherwise she will drown in the murky waters of the West.”
On our Red Line program we're discussing the looming Scottish referendum. Scotland is due to hold a referendum on its independence on September 18. Would the dismemberment of the UK mean a blow to the EU's prestige and an almost zero chance of David Cameron's staying in power? John Curtice, Professor of Politics from the University of Strathclyde, said: “The UK’s nuclear weapon facility is located on the River Clyde of the west coast of Scotland. So, Scotland becoming independent in itself leaves the UK with an issue, because its nuclear weapons would no longer be on the UK’s soil.” Check out our website for the full commentary – and leave your own!
Gunner Poulsen wrote:
“This is fraud according to Webster G. Tarpley. Breaking up modern national states into ministates, microstates, rump states IS the policy of British Intelligence. And they use Britain itself to do preruns of such policies. The Scottish referendum might turn into "World Orgy of Secessionism and Chaos Planned by British Intelligence Using Edinburgh Example to Attack Modern State.”
Gerald Rubin retorted:
“I stopped listening too Marxist Tarpley. He is known to play loose with the facts to support his own theories and agenda.” James Kenyatta Masaba suggests “Scotland is bound to become independent and whatever is in Scotland is for Scotland. UK has exploited them for a long while and now is payback time! “
What’s your take on the situation? And, always, we are eager to hear and share your feedback. Visit en.ria.ru/radio.
