newsitems 1st E-Car World Odyssey driver to EuroFora: Regrets can't take girlfriend to 3 Continents, 17 States
1st E-Car World Odyssey driver to EuroFora: Regrets can't take girlfriend to 3 Continents, 17 States
*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Drivers of the 1st World tour in a standard Electric Car, acknowledged, smiling, to "EuroFora" that they regretted to be obliged to travel without their two girlfriends, present together with their Families, Friends, Sponsors and Journalists at their official departure from Strasbourg, earlier today, also because one of the 4 seats had to be sacrificed for the material transported by the crew, since Internet, World-wide links, together with High-Tech real-time Data transfert by Orange Telecom and efficient, both on-line and on the spot Global Assistance by AXA insurance Co, will be a must for the adventurous attempt to cross even Kazakhstan's desert, USA's Rocky Mountains, China's Silk Road, and a part of Russian Siberia, from South-East Asian jungles to EU's busiest Capitals and countryside, etc., suceeding to find more than 324 electric refueling points (i.e. local "Pluggers" at key locations) throughout the World, in a varierty of geographic, linguistic, social and cultural differences, whenever needed.
The practical aim is to convince the largest number possible of laymen that E-cars are already able to serve at least for short Urban and peri-urban transports, f.ex. in order to drive between home and office, accompagny children to school, buy food at the grosser store, or simply get a newspaper and cigarets before meeting friends at a local coffee shop, just round the corner... The first E-cars have just been produced and started to be distributed in main EU Countries, already more than a Year ago, while the French State, as well as Strasbourg's Region Alsace currently spend some 100 Millions € each to give accumulated Grants of 2.000 or 3.000 € (i.e. totalling 4.000 to 6.000 € per car) to the first buyers of such Electric cars.
At the same time, at €uroZone's core, between Strasbourg and Stuttgart, France and Germany are developing pioneer projects, as "Chrome", throughout Alsace Region and adjacent Baden-Wurtemberg Länder, destinated to boost Infrastructures and Networks , such as Electricity-counters, etc. to test several Hundreds of pioneer E-Cars in real-time use by local citizens, as part of a larger, Ambitious Plan to turn all that area into a European and International Show-case for all various kinds of "Eco-Mobility", (including High-Speed Train, River Ships, E-Bikes, new generation Helicopters, etc), thanks to High-Tech Innovations, as decided since 2010 by President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel, (a strong supporter of the idea : See "EuroFora"s NewsReport from the "2020 Franco-German Agenda", decided at Elysee Palace from February 2010).
Oil/Gas still remaining EU's most expensive Imports from abroad, in addition to the Climate Change alleged effects of CO2 on Global Warming theories, after the recent controversies on Nuclear energy's safety, as well as to Wind turbines' Landscape effects, rare space use and/or Birds/Fish's security, Electric Power Companies, as EDF, an E-World Odyssey sponsor, were looking more and more towards new scientific/technologic breakthroughs in GeoThermy (f.ex. by reaching much deeper underGround areas, always, however, with a risk to accidentaly provoke Earthquakes by water penetration inside faults, as in the case of Colorado 1975, Istanbul 1999, or Mulhouse 2007, etc), or in Solar Energy, (either by reaching Gigantic Dimensions, f.ex. with the famous "Destertec" and "TransGreen" projects to produce Power in Sahara desert and transport it to Europe via a Mediterranean Network of Sea-Cables, or by creating a new technology, perhaps inspired by Plant's PhotoSynhesis, etc), as EDF Experts discussed with "EuroFora" on this occasion.
Unless it's other ideas, as that of Professor Amouroux, experienced former University President and recent Rapporteur for Solar Technologies to the French Innovation Agency, which might win the current EU quest for "2050" Energy Strategy, that EU Commissioner Oettinger prepares to discuss with EU Parliament soon, as he recently said to "EuroFora" : A scientific-technologic breakthrough approach, which claims that climate-dangerous CO2 could be used in order to produce some new kinds of Energy, including Electric power, (f.ex. in form of Hydrogen batteries, etc), but also for Methane, etc. Because, according to Professor Amouroux's calculations, as he said to "EuroFora", it would be "Mathematically impossible" to replace soon all "old" Cars by new, Electric Cars, in the foreseable future.
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EU Rapporteur on Enlargment Strategy, maistream German MEP Elmar Brok, speaking to "EuroFora", welcomed the proposal made earlier this week by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the EU to"start Now Talks with Turkey to create a common Economic and Security area", instead of full Accession, at a period when Ankara looks more and more unfit and/or unwilling to respect EU conditions.
- "For Europe to have strong Political will, it must stop dilutiing itself in an endless Enlargement. It must have borders...Diversities enrich, on the condition that they don't undermine European Cohesion, and don't weaken EU Unity", Sarkozy stressed.
- "Countries like Turkey share a part of common destiny with Europe, with which they have a vocation to build a Privileged Relation, to be closely associated, but not to become Member of the EU" : "Noone respects his friends by telling them lies. Noone respects his friends by making them promises that will be never kept", he added.
That's why "we'd better start, from now, negotiating with Turkey to create a common Economic and Security area", Sarkozy proposed.
Significantly, the French President was repeatedly and largely applauded by EU citizens, 3 times, when he made the Turkey point, (strategically placed between Europe's "Political Will" and its cultural heritage, historically open to mutually enriching dialogue with all the World, but never diluted).
- "We could propose such a great ambition also to Russia, which must not be percieved as an Adversary of Europe, but as a Partner. Thus, we'd create a wide area, of more than 800 Million inhabitants, sharing the same Security, the same Prosperity", he concluded.
Sarkozy's move was anounced at the eve of a Franco-German Top meeting with Chancellor Angie Merkel in Berlin on Sunday, to jointly launch the EU Elections campain, after an EU Summit at nearby Prague, to launch a new kind of relations, called "Eastern Partnership", with neighboring countries such as Urkaine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, etc, (to which Russia, reportedly, is not - and does not want to be - included).
As for Ukraine, which has already expressed her wish to join the EU in future, "Kiev will have a special place, and a very important role to play", replied earlier this week in Strasbourg, to an "EuroFora" question EU Chairman in office , Czech vice-Prime Minister Alexander Vodra.
- "This direction is more Realistic for Turkey than Accession negotiations", reacted immediately EU Parliament's Rapporteur for Enlargment Strategy, mainstream German MEP Elmar Brok, commenting Sarkozy's idea for "EuroFora"
Particularly "as far as it concerns the respect of EU Rules by both sides", he added, hinting at Turkey's now obvious inability and/or unwillingness to abide with EU Acquis, EU Commitments (fex. on Cyprus, etc), and European Democracy/Human Rights rules. (Comp. infra).
Brok added that, in his view, a similar proposal might be made also to Ukraine and other neighbouring Countries, regardless if they have, or not, a "European vocation". This would not necessarily mean that there couldn't be any accession prospects at all." for all the countries that might be included in this area, according to Brok. But it's preferable, particularly for Turkey, "because it's a more Realistic approach than full Membership".
On this point, Sarkozy's proposal, (which he'll share with German Chancellor Merkel), seems more crystal-clear.
- "Turkey does not fullfil EU Criteria, and will never fullfil EU Criteria" on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. "Some have been lying to Ankara, but we must tell the Truth, and have honest and close relations with her", said meanwhile to "EuroFora" on the same issue also the President of EU Parliament's largest Group of MEPs (ChristianDemocrats/EPP), Joseph Daul.
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"Hot" Debate at EU Parliament reveals CHANGE of mood towards "Suspension" of EU - Tukey talks.
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Earlier this week, many MEPs, and even some of those who were previously in favor of Turkey's controversial EU bid, strongly criticized the persistance and even aggravation of serious Human Rights violations in the country, that ECHR continues to "unanimously" condemn ":
- "After winning a big victory in the latest Local Elections, the pro-Kurdish party DTP almost doubled its Elected Mayors from 52 to 98", but afterwards "more than 400 politicians were thrown to Prison and prosecuted" by the Turkish Authorities, denounced on behalf of the ChristianDemocrat/EPP Group, Belgian MEP Frieda Brepoels.
At the same time, "more than 1.500 Children are closed in Turkish Prisons", she added. "What will the EU Commission do" against these facts ?
- "Turkey appears to be at greater Distance away from Copenhagen Criteria after 4 Years of accession Negotiations, than when they started !", denounced on behalf of the Liberal Group, German MEP Alexander Lambsdorf.
"On the central issue of Press Freedom, Critical Journalists face obstacles for their accreditation, others are prosecuted, condemned, fined and/or jailed, Media blocked or closed", he denounced.
- "EU Made 2 grave Mistakes with Turkey : To start accession negotiations, and to continue them", despite everything, criticized Dutch MEP Bastian Belder, on behalf of the Ind/Dem group.