tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post111454705987192357..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: "New Europe" rapidly agingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1114810369300784082005-04-29T22:32:00.000+01:002005-04-29T22:32:00.000+01:00Actually, the current administration of Romania ha...Actually, the current administration of Romania has continued to cleave quite closely to the US.<BR/><BR/>Romania still has troops in Iraq, and has no plans to withdraw them -- despite the three Romanian journalists currently being held hostage there. (In fact, by the end of the year, Romania may be the fourth largest foreign force in Iraq.) The Iraq intervention is not popular in Romania, but there's little public pressure to withdraw the troops either, so at this point it looks like they'll stay for a while.<BR/><BR/>Also, President Basescu has recently said that he plans to keep Romania aligned to a "Washington-London-Bucharest axis", and that Romania would not accept criticism of its foreign policy from, for instance, France.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Doug M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1114580352197074472005-04-27T06:39:00.000+01:002005-04-27T06:39:00.000+01:00Rummy really needs to buy a map! There's only ONE ...Rummy really needs to buy a map! There's only ONE Europe, it's all OLD! and it does have some new stuff but it's kind of mixed up all over the place.Katja R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17813405984067905779noreply@blogger.com