{"id":14391,"date":"2015-11-13T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14391"},"modified":"2015-11-13T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:57:46","slug":"eu-commissioners-dire-warning-the-only-alternative-to-europe-is-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14391","title":{"rendered":"EU Commissioner&#8217;s Dire Warning: &#8220;The Only Alternative To Europe Is War&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-11-13\/eu-commissioners-dire-warning-only-alternative-europe-war\" target=\"_blank\">EU Commissioner&#8217;s Dire Warning: &#8220;The Only Alternative To Europe Is War&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>While the saying goes &#8220;good fences make good neighbors,&#8221; it appears the leadership of The EU is starting to get frustrated with the lack of acquiescence among some of the &#8216;union&#8217;s&#8217; newer or more marginal members. In a somewhat stunning statement, following ongoing and contentious meetings to discuss solutions to the migrant &#8216;problem&#8217;, EU Commissioner Timmermanns appeared to warn disagreeable member states,<em>\u00a0&#8220;There is an alternative to everything.\u00a0<strong>I believe in EU cooperation because of all other forms in history have been tried<\/strong>\u00a0to help Europeans get on better, and\u00a0<strong>with the exception of this one, all other forms have led to war<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; so let&#8217;s stick to this one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-ancestor\" data-scribe=\"section:conversation\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet Tweet--compact h-entry tweet reply \n<p>                    \" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattTempest\/status\/665086394570813440\" data-tweet-id=\"665086394570813440\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div 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data-datetime=\"2015-11-13T09:37:11+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">4:37 AM &#8211; 13 Nov 2015<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 21.0000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\nNaturalImage--roundedTop\n                    NaturalImage--roundedBottom\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoBrussels\/status\/665101089247772672\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CTrp6UZWEAIapTN.jpg\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"126\" 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class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 21.0000%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsevier.nl\/Buitenland\/achtergrond\/2015\/11\/Timmermans-enige-alternatief-op-EU-is-oorlog-2717581W\/?masterpageid=158493\"><em>As Elsevier reports (via Google Translate),<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">European leaders read the last few days the alarm about the survival of the European Union (EU). Prague said Commissioner Frans Timmermans (PvdA) Friday that the EU is only one alternative: war.<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The only alternative to the EU is war,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0said Timmermans Friday gave a speech at a conference in Prague, said a reporter for The Times of London who attended the speech.<\/p>\n<p>Timmermans is\u00a0<strong>the way Europe responds to the migration crisis&#8217; the biggest threat to the EU ever.\u00a0<\/strong>The Commissioner underlined that countries should cooperate better when it comes to border controls. &#8220;Migration is part of life, but we must lead these movements together in the right direction,&#8221; said Timmermans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matching words Timmermans in the alarmist tone that European leaders were heard in recent days about the survival of the EU.<\/strong>Earlier this week, Timmermans at the House of Europe Lecture in Amsterdam that he fears for the survival of the EU.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 21.0000%\">\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Commissioner&#8217;s Dire Warning: &#8220;The Only Alternative To Europe Is War&#8221; While the saying goes &#8220;good fences make good neighbors,&#8221; it appears the leadership of The EU is starting to get frustrated with the lack of acquiescence among some of the &#8216;union&#8217;s&#8217; newer or more marginal members. 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