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Senators Ask EC To Let Oracle-Sun Deal Go Through

Posted by kdawson on from the sun-is-setting-fast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Union has managed to do something that US Presidents often find difficult: to make 59 US Senators from both sides of the aisle agree on something. A group led by John Kerry (D) and Orrin Hatch (R) has sent a letter to the European Union, asking it to wrap up the investigation of the Oracle-Sun merger and let the deal go through. Interestingly, the letter emphasizes the damage the delay and uncertainty are doing to Sun." The article paraphrases a Gartner analyst, who points out that the Senators' letter "comes from a US point of view and doesn't take into account how the EU operates."

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  1. Your lobbyists at work by smurfsurf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "managed to do something that US Presidents often find difficult: to make 59 US Senators from both sides of the aisle agree on something."

    The lobbists agree => the senators agree.

  2. Re:No legitimate concerns by Matje · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you're going to be pedantic I'll join :)

    You are, in fact, an American. The US is a federation, meaning power is granted by the federal government to the lower states. So the government of the US determines whether a state can set a legal drinking age, or whether that is up to the US government itself. The European union is a union of sovereign states. It is the sovereign states that determine (together) which powers are granted to the union government. That's quite a big difference.

    Another way to determine your nationality is to check your passport. Mine certainly doesn't say European Union like yours says United States ;)