Y con razón.
The Netherlands has sharply criticised EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana for the allegedly apologetic tone he has used when facing muslim countries in the row over Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed.
Dutch foreign minister Bernard Bot has put in a protest to Mr Solana objecting to remarks he made last week during his tour around muslim countries, a Dutch spokesman confirmed.
Among other things, the EU’s top foreign policy official said after meeting the leader of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIS), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu “I expressed our sincere regret that religious feelings have been hurt”, vowing “to reach out…to make sure that people’s hearts and minds are not hurt again.”
Dutch daily De Telegraaf quotes the Dutch state secretary for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai as characterising the tone used by Mr Solana as “shocking.”
Speaking at a political debate on Monday (20 February) Mr Nicolai said “He has toured around in order to offer apologies. On behalf of whom, I ask. You and me? We haven’t drawn those cartoons.”
Pues claro. Amsterdam es la ciudad europea con más larga tradición de libertades, y no se van rendir fácilmente. El bombardero de Kosovo (sin mandato de la ONU…) se ha autoinculpado, perdiendo cualquier pretensión de dignidad.
Sr. Solana, lo suyo ha sido patético. Da vergüenza ajena. Somos soberanos y no debemos nada a los terroristas musulmanes, ni a los jeques petroleros ni a los dictadores árabes.
[...] I totally agree with this man. What a difference from the Finnish one! (And Mr. Solana, what a shame he is Spanish!) [...]
[...] Comentamos aquí que Holanda se quejó del tono dhimmí de nuestro Solana. Ayer, en la reunión de los ministros de Exteriores de la EU, Bernard Bot forzó el cambio de la declaración sobre la crisis de las viñetas, para evitar que pareciera que se pedían disculpas. The statement in its first paragraph says that “The [EU] council acknowledges and regrets that these cartoons were considered offensive and distressing by Muslims across the world.” [...]