At
UN,
EU Silent as
Lisbon
Disputed,
Austrian Takes
Over, UK Said
to Doubt,
Speaks
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 4, updated
-- As the UN
General
Assembly
committee have
begun
meeting this
week, the
European Union
has been
noticeably
absent and
has not
spoken. Since
the EU fought
so loud and
hard to gain
special
status and
ability to
speak, the
sudden silence
is noteworthy.
While
several
sources
speculated to
Inner City
Press that the
EU's absence
is
related to the
hand-over of
the post of
Representative
to the UN from
Pedro Serrano
to long time
Austrian
Permanent
Representative
Thomas
Mayr-Harting,
further
reporting
finds a split
in the EU on
how to
proceed.
One
source called
it
"determining
the sex of
angels." But a
Permanent
Representative
skeptical of
the new or
special powers
won by the EU
said that "the
UK is not
comfortable"
with the EU
pushing
forward.
Another said
it will have
to be decided
by the
ministers,
what the
Treaty of
Lisbon means.
A UK
spokesperson helpfully
told
Inner City
Press, "We are
having
productive
discussions
with other EU
members on the
detail of the
implications
of the Lisbon
Treaty for
various types
of statements
in the General
Assembly."
Mayr-Harting
previously
speaking, now
EU silent, UK
not shown
The
affable
Mayr-Harting,
who is not
Inner City
Press' sources
on his
promotion,
does not get
sworn in for
another ten
days, and
Serrano is
already
gone. So for
how long with
the EU remain
silent? Watch
this site.
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