By KIMBERLY CHOW
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union’s executive commission on Tuesday proposed to upgrade ties with Mexico, recommending the North American nation be made a “strategic partner” for the 27-nation EU.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU’s external relations commissioner, said Mexico has become a key partner in Latin America.
“Our relationship with Mexico has been growing and deepening in the last decades and Mexico has become one of our important partners,” Ferrero-Waldner said in a statement.
She said widening ties will allow the two sides to work more closely together to tackle everything from climate change, terrorism to drug and human trafficking.
The plan, which still needs the backing of EU nations and the European Parliament, was also seen to improve European access to Mexico’s oil reserves and bolster its influence in the region dominated by the United States.
Mexico is the world’s sixth-largest oil producer.
The EU and Mexico already have a free trade pact, which came into force eight years ago.
By considering a strategic partnership with Mexico, the European Union is recognizing the growing leverage of the Latin American country in international affairs. Brussels usually reserves such a status for its most important global partners including Russia, China and the United States.
The proposal suggests holding EU-Mexico summits every two years to coordinate policies.
The 27-nation EU is Mexico’s second-biggest trading partner after the United States.
The two have already been in talks to widen a 2000 agreement to further free services, investment and agricultural trade.
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wil // July 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Pincer move on the USA? Elites are just evil, not that that is news–well then again to most people it probably would be.
pjwalker911 // July 16, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Of the three power blocs (EU, Asian and Pan-American) in the trilateral New World Order, the EU is the most powerful and is the center of power as a resurgence of the Holy Roman Empire. It was the first bloc to be set up and is therefore the leader of the other blocs and sub-blocs.
As we see, the Mediterranean bloc is just a sub-bloc like the African Union. These, along with the Middle-East are also to be swallowed up by the EU.
The Americas are a little different as they are to be amalgamated first as the NAU (in 2010) and the UNASUR or South American Union (by 2009). Later, these are to be united into the Pan-American Union (probably in 2011) with with the EU will form another trans-Atlantic treaty probably in the symbolic year of 2012.
The EU is just doing some shepherding with Mexico to sow the seeds for this future trans-Atlantic treaty.
The end result will be the Global Union which will take some more decades after it is formally announced, to really establish total control and total standardization over the Earth.
In the meantime, all this will be resisted by freedom-fighters around the world while the completely clueless sheep simply go right along with it.
wil // July 16, 2008 at 11:22 pm
This is probably the most pivotal time in human history–and most–have no idea–
pjwalker911 // July 17, 2008 at 4:10 am
People are so dumbed down it is utterly pathetic. But most of them like it that way because it saves them from having to think for themselves. Perish the thought!
wil // July 17, 2008 at 9:56 pm
At a previous job–I was object of curiosity because–I made my own lunch, and brought books to read on break–
HR briefly tried to set up TV in breakroom showing company motivational bs. I figured break time was my time, and if they wanted me to watch company propaganda they could pay me to do so. Sick thing was–other coworkers were just mindlessly watching the drivel. I had to ask three times to break the spell–if I could turn it off. Which I did. I think I misplaced the cord after that.
Surveillance Bill // July 26, 2008 at 9:51 am
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.Baha%27u%27llahBaha’u'llah, 1817-92
wil // July 29, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Well if it were Baha’ullah unifying the world–I’d have less problems with it.
The “elite” scum leading the parade from the shadows are the spiritual descendants of Nazi “doctors.”