Thursday, August 14, 2008
Georgia already in the EU
Sarkozy broke precedent by taking his official presidential portrait standing next to the EU flag. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is giving an interview on CNN...with the EU flag behind him. Here's an interesting take on it.
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Georgia is a member of Conseil de l'Europe since 1999 which makes it perfectly acceptable for this country to wave the blue flag with the 12 gold stars.
Russia has been a member since 1996 and could also show the same flag, but doesn't. Which makes all the difference.
Thanks, I hadn't been aware of the flag's history. It's still a good piece of showmanship (despite the failures of judgment). Now that you mention it, that would be something if Putin/Medvedev spoke in front of the flag; they've certainly got the chutzpah to do so.
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