Robert Francis Cooper Quotes
The EU represents a highly developed system for mutual interference in each other’s domestic affairs right down to beer and sausages.
Robert Francis Cooper, Diplomat & Publisher, Special Advisor at the European Commission, Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Quoted in Foreign Affairs, July August 2013
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This is an example of some of the early views about the federation of Europe.
His predictions occurred much earlier than even he had thought that they would.
This was an incredibly prescient and visionary statement regarding the EEC. It would be years after his death that his vision was finally turned into reality.
to be an active leader of the EU The Conservative led majority coalition was split over the British participation in the EU. Some wanted to move away from the EU; others wanted to maintain the status quo and a few others wanted Britain to take a leadership rule in the EU. The other EU countries were concerned as illustrated by this quotation.
A decade after he made this observation, the external economic markets were not happy with the ways the Greek Government had handled the economy and the nation became insolvent. The IMF, World Bank and the other European nations bailed Greece out be making emergency loans, but then they imposed conditions on the Greek Government that was completely contrary to what the Greek politicians and the Greek voters wanted. The Greek national government had almost no control over their own economy.
Sir Robert Francis Cooper KCMG MVO (born 1947 in Essex, United Kingdom) is a British diplomat and adviser who served as a Special Advisor at the European Commission for Myanmar between 2013 and 2014. He was also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an acclaimed writer on international relations.
