Quotes of the Day
All right, Monsieur Chirac, perhaps we are poor, perhaps we were not raised properly - but we do not repay those who have helped us and who continue to help us with ingratitude. -- from an editorial in Latvia's
Neatkariga Rita Avize
Jacques Chirac's degrading message to the candidate countries can actually be taken as a compliment. The French President admitted defeat in his rage. Suddenly the 15 [EU members] succeeded in resolving within a couple of hours a matter on which they were not able to agree for months. It was the "new Europe" which forced "the old" to overcome itself. -- from an editorial in Slovakia's
Sme
This
BBC report contains other superb quotes from various Eastern European newspaper editorials reacting to Chirac's snotty remarks. (Via
Instapundit)
