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Event: Pan-European Development Plan
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Event: Pan-European Development Plan (PEDP)
A history of Modern China (and the World)
Event: Pan-European Development Plan (PEDP)
Alain Juppe was the President of France during the 2002 attacks on the Western and Eastern world by Islamic terrorists. Elected in 1994 as part of the Alliance National, Juppe was known for his Eurocentrism and pro-federalist plan, as well as his open opposition to what he saw as "subservience to American military whims".
To this end, he pursued in his last 8 years of office, a heavy policy of drawing the members of the European Community together into one roof on various issues -- and shortly before the attacks, his plan looked ready to come to fruition. The Pan-European Development Plan was taking shape in a matter of months.
On January 1, 2002, the Euro, a unified currency for the European Community, came into effect in France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The remaining EC members (United Kingdom, Sweden, Greece, Tunisia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary) remained without the Euro, preferring to remain on their default currencies. Great Britain retained the pound sterling, Sweden retained the krone, Greece retained the drachma, Tunisia retained the dinar, Czechoslovakia retained the koruna, and Hungary retained forint.
In April to May 2002, after the 2002 attacks, Juppe unveiled his newest plan for "European Defence and Unity", termed, the Pan-European Military Community (PEMC), which boasted a better unity and more efficiency in defending Europe from foreign aggression than NATO could. Juppe cited the attacks on cities across Europe as an example on why NATO would not be able to stop the hordes of Islamic barbarians from overrunning European ways of life through their 'foreign customs' and 'refusal to assimilate'.
Juppe's plan to form a new military bloc was ratified by the European Commission, and soon was sent to each state to be voted on. Most of the European Community soon joined in Juppe's "Eurodefence" strategy, leading to a massive withdrawal of nations from NATO, all from the EC. Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden all withdrew from NATO and immediately joined into the EC. Seeing the writing on the wall, and wanting "better protection", Norway soon joined them as a non-EC member of the alliance.
The Baltic States, whom had been neutral since their independence from the Soviet Union, soon applied for membership into the PEMC; and were accepted. This annoyed Secretary Ryzhkov and the Soviet government, who felt that the PEMC's expansion into the Baltics was a violation of previously made agreements on Baltic neutrality. However, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary refused to join the PEMC, and remained faithful members of NATO. Greece and Turkey, as well as Morocco and the United Kingdom, also turned their noses up at the European military alliance, and remained committed to their long-standing alliance with the United States, also making clear their disinterest in further participation in the European project, as they had when they were invited into the EC in the 1980s. Prime Minister Lennon's gaffe to the press involved him calling Juppe a "real wanker" before a press conference earned him no love in Bruxelles.
As a result of this, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Greece formally withdrew from the European Community, and Poland, who had been heavily negotiating with the Europeans for entrance in 2004, rejected any membership solutions, and stuck to "pure and simple sovereignty". Great Britain followed shortly afterwards.
President Bush was quoted as being "agitated at the news" according to the British ambassador to the United States, and was aggressively pursuing "policy options to deal with the sudden withdrawal of our European allies." -- the Chinese government commented on the situation, expressing their concern that Europe's new defensive strategy would cause "untold problems for any future campaigns against the Islamic Caliphate, due to their unreadiness for war."
The PEDC's first exercise in readiness came after the outbreak of a revolt of Islamic fundamentalists in Tunisia, intent on overrunning the coastal republic with an Islamic regime that would be aligned to the Islamic Caliphate. The PEDC forces, lead primarily by Italians, French and Tunisians, managed to put down the rebellion after lengthy fighting, showing the general inexperience of the new chain of command and supply, but showed the potential for Europe to emerge as one force to be reckoned with.
To this end, he pursued in his last 8 years of office, a heavy policy of drawing the members of the European Community together into one roof on various issues -- and shortly before the attacks, his plan looked ready to come to fruition. The Pan-European Development Plan was taking shape in a matter of months.
On January 1, 2002, the Euro, a unified currency for the European Community, came into effect in France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The remaining EC members (United Kingdom, Sweden, Greece, Tunisia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary) remained without the Euro, preferring to remain on their default currencies. Great Britain retained the pound sterling, Sweden retained the krone, Greece retained the drachma, Tunisia retained the dinar, Czechoslovakia retained the koruna, and Hungary retained forint.
In April to May 2002, after the 2002 attacks, Juppe unveiled his newest plan for "European Defence and Unity", termed, the Pan-European Military Community (PEMC), which boasted a better unity and more efficiency in defending Europe from foreign aggression than NATO could. Juppe cited the attacks on cities across Europe as an example on why NATO would not be able to stop the hordes of Islamic barbarians from overrunning European ways of life through their 'foreign customs' and 'refusal to assimilate'.
Juppe's plan to form a new military bloc was ratified by the European Commission, and soon was sent to each state to be voted on. Most of the European Community soon joined in Juppe's "Eurodefence" strategy, leading to a massive withdrawal of nations from NATO, all from the EC. Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden all withdrew from NATO and immediately joined into the EC. Seeing the writing on the wall, and wanting "better protection", Norway soon joined them as a non-EC member of the alliance.
The Baltic States, whom had been neutral since their independence from the Soviet Union, soon applied for membership into the PEMC; and were accepted. This annoyed Secretary Ryzhkov and the Soviet government, who felt that the PEMC's expansion into the Baltics was a violation of previously made agreements on Baltic neutrality. However, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary refused to join the PEMC, and remained faithful members of NATO. Greece and Turkey, as well as Morocco and the United Kingdom, also turned their noses up at the European military alliance, and remained committed to their long-standing alliance with the United States, also making clear their disinterest in further participation in the European project, as they had when they were invited into the EC in the 1980s. Prime Minister Lennon's gaffe to the press involved him calling Juppe a "real wanker" before a press conference earned him no love in Bruxelles.
As a result of this, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Greece formally withdrew from the European Community, and Poland, who had been heavily negotiating with the Europeans for entrance in 2004, rejected any membership solutions, and stuck to "pure and simple sovereignty". Great Britain followed shortly afterwards.
President Bush was quoted as being "agitated at the news" according to the British ambassador to the United States, and was aggressively pursuing "policy options to deal with the sudden withdrawal of our European allies." -- the Chinese government commented on the situation, expressing their concern that Europe's new defensive strategy would cause "untold problems for any future campaigns against the Islamic Caliphate, due to their unreadiness for war."
The PEDC's first exercise in readiness came after the outbreak of a revolt of Islamic fundamentalists in Tunisia, intent on overrunning the coastal republic with an Islamic regime that would be aligned to the Islamic Caliphate. The PEDC forces, lead primarily by Italians, French and Tunisians, managed to put down the rebellion after lengthy fighting, showing the general inexperience of the new chain of command and supply, but showed the potential for Europe to emerge as one force to be reckoned with.
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