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This is just my opinion, but I d...anonymous 4:47PM<br /><br />This is just my opinion, but I don't think the concern is so much with the issue of Solana's bloodline per se as it is with the influence (religious, philosophical, cultural and political) exerted on him by his immediate family.<br /><br />For example, Javier Solana is very much like his grandfather Salvador de Madariaga politically in so far as he appears to have been playing both ends against the middle for many years.<br /><br />People like Javier Solana do not just pop up in history out of a vacuum.Susannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-19058717713600732952009-05-31T16:47:26.593-04:002009-05-31T16:47:26.593-04:00I am truly baffled as to why there is such concern...I am truly baffled as to why there is such concern about JS's "bloodline."<br />Does this bloodline confer power on him, or is his power politically/economically based?<br /><br />We do know that the Illuminati may value bloodlines. At least so we are told, with popularization of this in recent books and movies. Do they really value these, and what exactly is it that they value? Jewishness?<br />Some other ancient bloodline? Which one? Is JS Jewish from one of the ancestors mentioned here, or several of them? Is he from some other ancient bloodline, from one of these ancestors?<br />Unless this is understood, this is gibberish. There may be some hidden "reason" for concern with his bloodline, but I have not found it here.<br /><br />This is becoming like a mirror image of the Da Vinci Code. Which code is based on untruths if you trace the genealogy back far enough.<br />A simple money-making scheme to sell books and movies and scare people the way they want to be scared because they are bored and unhappy.<br /><br />Which does not mean that JS does not have great power. Somehow, he got it. Is it from a bloodline? It would be interesting to know which one is in question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-13902125992199028492009-05-31T01:19:39.675-04:002009-05-31T01:19:39.675-04:00DEMOCRATRIC DEFICIT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
http:...DEMOCRATRIC DEFICIT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION<br /><br /><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/<br />wiki/Democratic_deficit<br />_in_the_European_Unionsusannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-86407181245372870222009-05-30T12:26:16.718-04:002009-05-30T12:26:16.718-04:00Yes, it is well known that there are countries who...Yes, it is well known that there are countries who have to ratify the treaty. Their ratification is expected. It was the Irish who stood in the way -- they demanded a referendum -- a vote of the people. It was the popular election it went down in which is feared would happen in most of the EU countries where the "democratic deficit" of the EU is freely acknowledged.<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-84509969706996252192009-05-29T23:32:54.091-04:002009-05-29T23:32:54.091-04:00That article was written by Javier Solana for the ...That article was written by Javier Solana for the assembly in which he later introduced "Recommendation 666" on October 31, 1995, less than a month before he executed the first Treaty of Association with Israel, chaired the Barcelona Conference, and obtained his NATO headship -- all within 10 days in November, 1995.Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-27668243657832741852009-05-29T23:30:24.073-04:002009-05-29T23:30:24.073-04:00Part 5:
"The programme that Spain has been painst...Part 5:<br /><br />"The programme that Spain has been painstakingly preparing and which it is making every effort to implement, is therefore an ambitious one. I trust that, at the end of our Presidency, Europe will be a little bit closer to achieving the objective we set ourselves some time ago, namely to make a Common European Defence a reality.<br /><br />Javier Solana is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain.<br /><br />Published in the daily newspaper EL PAÍS on 31 October 1995 in the International section. Author: Javier Solana.Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-78714047572659997052009-05-29T23:29:26.648-04:002009-05-29T23:29:26.648-04:00Part 4:
"Spain has drawn up and already submitted...Part 4:<br /><br />"Spain has drawn up and already submitted to its partners a document proposing new measures to strengthen the operational capabilities of the WEU as well as a wide range of options for developing the institutional link between that organisation and the European Union in the future. Those options range from the Union taking on the role of European defence and the WEU being integrated into it as a result, to keeping the WEU as an autonomous body, with various intermediate formulae of gradual but increasingly greater convergence in between.<br /><br />What Spain would like, regardless of which option is selected, is for the review to bring about stronger ties between the European Union and the WEU in the overall framework of European construction, which remains unfinished while it has no defence dimension.<br /><br />Another priority objective of the Spanish Presidency is to bring to an end the ‘Common Reflection on the New European Security Conditions’ begun by the WEU during the first half of the year and which, when the time is right, could take the form of a White Paper on European Security. The value of such a study lies essentially in the wide range of countries involved because, in addition to countries which are full members, countries which have WEU Observer or Associate Status are also taking part (in short all the European States which are members of NATO and the nine Central European countries, including the Baltic States). This is of particular importance in the context of the processes of enlargement of those organisations. Furthermore, the conclusions of that study are to act as a basis for implementing the security policy set out in the Maastricht Treaty.<br /><br />Finally, the Spanish Presidency of the WEU is working to maintain and strengthen relations between the WEU and those third countries of particular importance for European security, whether because they are entities in their own right, such as the Russian Federation and Ukraine, or whether because they are part of an area, for example the southern coast of the Mediterranean, which is of crucial importance to our own security."Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-42441231977305398122009-05-29T23:28:29.629-04:002009-05-29T23:28:29.629-04:00Part 3:
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To that end Spain, as President of the ...Part 3:<br /><br />"<br />To that end Spain, as President of the WEU, has the duty to ensure during this six-month period that the organisation is able to perform its role as part of the defence of the European Union in an increasingly flexible and effective way. Accordingly, the Spanish Presidency is working to place measures already adopted by the organisation under the previous Presidency on a concrete footing. For example, the establishment of a crisis centre and a military intelligence section in Brussels, the continuation of studies aiming to provide the WEU with a satellite surveillance system, and the conduct of crisis exercises to assess how well the politico-military decision-making mechanisms work.<br /><br />Action by the Spanish Presidency must nevertheless be concentrated at the political level. <br /><br />As agreed in Maastricht the provisions which currently govern security and defence matters are to be reviewed in 1996; in practice those provisions entrust security to the EU and defence to the WEU, which is thereby enshrined as an autonomous organisation of the Union. That review has been in preparation during this latter six-month period and its results will be the basis for the decisions which the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference will adopt in that regard.<br /><br />The main objective of this review is to be able to make progress, as agreed in Maastricht, in the construction of a genuine European Security and Defence Identity. The reality of conflicts such as those in the former Yugoslavia could not illustrate more clearly the need to pool the different resources for crisis management available in our countries, whether they be political, economic, humanitarian or military in nature."Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-87892042649324216342009-05-29T23:27:38.440-04:002009-05-29T23:27:38.440-04:00Part 2:
The importance of the task entrusted to S...Part 2:<br /><br />The importance of the task entrusted to Spain is nevertheless shaped by other, more profound reasons. Our country has taken on the Presidency of the WEU at a particularly important time in the history of the organisation. Since the Maastricht Treaty, which made it the defence component of the European Union and the means of strengthening the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance, the WEU has been immersed in a process of developing its military resources (known in the jargon as ‘operational capabilities’) to enable it to perform that dual role effectively.<br /><br />This operational development of the WEU, which is still fairly new, is being carried out in such a way as to complement the assets of the Atlantic Alliance, which in turn can also be used in certain circumstances for European operations. Thus, duplication of effort is prevented and cooperation is fostered between the WEU and NATO which is also being overhauled.<br /><br />In fact, the WEU has already carried out a number of operations of a military or paramilitary nature. I refer, for example, to the surveillance operation in the Adriatic and on the Danube as part of the regime of sanctions and embargo against Serbia Montenegro, or the cooperation of one year’s standing between the WEU and the Administration set up by the EU in the city of Mostar. Spain is involved in the three operations and two units from our Navy are in the Adriatic, and Civil Guard units are active on the Danube and in Mostar.Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-90288925110903273202009-05-29T23:27:02.752-04:002009-05-29T23:27:02.752-04:00THIS IS INTERESTING!!!!!!
Spain and WEU: the othe...THIS IS INTERESTING!!!!!!<br /><br />Spain and WEU: the other Presidency<br /><br />A COMMON DEFENCE FOR EUROPE<br /><br />JAVIER SOLANA<br /><br />"The author explains that Spain holds the Presidency of the Western European Union for this half of the year and trusts that by the end of that time Europe will be closer to making a common defence a reality.<br /><br />The beginning of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union has, naturally, been widely discussed in the media in our country. That was not the case for the other Presidency taken on by Spain on the same day: the Presidency of the Western European Union (WEU). Yet, that Presidency is a matter of great importance. Indeed, the WEU is the only European organisation which has competence in defence matters and the only forum in which the Ministers for Defence and Foreign Affairs meet regularly to formulate a common defence policy and decide on joint uses of military resources.<br /><br />Furthermore, it is also the first time that our country has taken on this responsibility since it became part of the organisation in 1990. Even more importantly, it is the first time that a single State has held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the WEU at the same time."Constance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-10093856785307507602009-05-28T00:29:58.317-04:002009-05-28T00:29:58.317-04:00I would love to see Luis Solana's and Diego Solana...I would love to see Luis Solana's and Diego Solana's (Javier's son) itineraries for 4-15-2005. Nieves died in 2003. Solana was reportedly depressed the first four months of 2003, but then again, it could have been for other reasons.<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-90413581394602717662009-05-28T00:27:33.762-04:002009-05-28T00:27:33.762-04:00Nieves' Italian language eulogy said that she was ...Nieves' Italian language eulogy said that she was married with "due figli" (two sons) during the war years.<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-22569926154838986712009-05-27T23:32:56.276-04:002009-05-27T23:32:56.276-04:00Constance,
My hunch on the genealogy of Solana i...Constance, <br /><br />My hunch on the genealogy of Solana is this. Nieves does appear to be his biological mother. There is not much evidence to suggest though that she raised him. I would have supposed that an aunt or great aunt (Obdulia) with means of support could have taken him in at grandfather's request. It would appear then, that he was the grand-nephew of Salvador even though technically grandson. It is not uncommon in genalogy to come across a set siblings or cousins marrying into a family, hence, don Luis Solana m. Obdulia de Madariaga. Neives de Madariaga m. Solana's father. As an adopted family to JS, I could see reason to leave meetings to attend funeral of someone who raised him, whether biological mother or not. Again, this is just my supposition based on years of genealogy type research, this would not be an uncommon scenario. Especially if Nieves was again a single mother.Leananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-66040204761878036542009-05-27T23:18:04.433-04:002009-05-27T23:18:04.433-04:00...he will honor a god of forces,... and intend to......he will honor a god of forces,... and intend to make changes to times and to law...<br /><br /><br />"What ties all these things together? In other words, what is EU foreign policy ultimately for? The<br />answer is equally simple: the aim of EU foreign policy is to replace the law of force with the force<br />of law.<br />This comes naturally to us. The EU, after all, has always been a peace project founded on<br />democratic values and respect for laws. The EU wants a world order based on the rule of law.<br />I do not need to tell an Irish audience about the importance of international law. W.B. Yeats warned<br />us of the consequences of a world without laws in The Second Coming:<br />Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<br />Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world"<br />~Solana, Together we're stronger speech, Ireland.Leananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-57499404886297745022009-05-27T22:49:42.912-04:002009-05-27T22:49:42.912-04:00Sorry, if using the last link in last comment, add...Sorry, if using the last link in last comment, add ".htm" OR use this tinyurl:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/dl6hxa<br /><br />Be sure to archive!<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-60210758878121219892009-05-27T22:45:12.240-04:002009-05-27T22:45:12.240-04:00http://www.ucd.ie/news/2009/04APR09/230409_solana....http://www.ucd.ie/news/2009/04APR09/230409_solana.htmlConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-38185637172347133542009-05-27T17:40:48.229-04:002009-05-27T17:40:48.229-04:00information from those links incase it disappears....information from those links incase it disappears.<br /><br />Nieves Hayat de Madariaga<br />* 1917 + 2003<br />Padres<br />Padre: Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo * 23.07.1886 <br />Madre: Constance Archibald * 1878 <br />MatrimoniosMatrimonio I: <br />Francisco Solana <br /><br />Matrimonio II: <br />N Mathews <br /><br /><br />Hijos<br />Hijos del Matrimonio I:<br />Luis Solana de Madariaga <br />Javier Solana de Madariaga * 14.07.1942 Concepción Giménez Díaz-Oyuelos <br />Notas Biográficas<br />Data only available to Geneall Plus registered users.<br />Please Login or read access conditions.<br />Cargos<br />EscritoresTim Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882807798663244943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-72129717494790409872009-05-27T14:39:50.103-04:002009-05-27T14:39:50.103-04:00Forgive me if any of this stuff has been posted be...Forgive me if any of this stuff has been posted before, but my intention is simply to put it front and center before more data "disappears."<br /><br />Nieves Hayat de Madariaga<br /><br />http://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=492884<br /><br />http://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=492883Susannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-80109557261707761262009-05-27T13:33:16.366-04:002009-05-27T13:33:16.366-04:00SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA
Salvador de Madariaga y Ro...SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA<br /><br /><I> Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo (July 23, 1886, A Coruña, Spain - December 14, 1978, Locarno, Switzerland) was a Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist. <br /><br /><B>He was the father of Nieves de Madariaga and the grandfather of Javier Solana.</B>...</I> <br /> <br />http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Salvador-de-Madariaga<br /><br />or<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/obmx74<br />________________________________<br /><br />Here is Moscow's two-cents worth...<br /><br /><I>...Physicist<br /><br />In his youth, he seemed an unlikely future diplomat. Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga was born on July 14, 1942, into a scholarly family. His father was a well-known chemist and his mother was the biographer of Francis Bacon and author of the controversial book Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination. “My childhood was spent in an atmosphere of scientific research and heightened interest in scientific knowledge,” Solana recalled in one interview. “My father was a professor of chemistry, and I loved to watch him conduct experiments. He took me with him to the university many times. But I was more interested in physics because it allowed me to understand the theory of relativity that was so fashionable at the time and to find answers to questions about the nature of the universe.”<br /><br />Solana entered the physics department of Complutense University in Madrid and studied brilliantly until 1963, when he was expelled for opposition to the Franco regime. Speaking fluent French and English, he went to Great Britain to continue his studies, and received a master's degree in physics from Oxford. Soon after that, Solana received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and went to the United States to work, receiving a doctorate in physics from the University of Virginia five years later. He published more than 30 works on solid-state physics during his academic career....</I>read more...<br /><br />http://www.kommersant.<br />com/p717432/r_1/Javier_Solana/<br /><br />or<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/p3fh53Susannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-33804392144340975952009-05-27T13:14:15.355-04:002009-05-27T13:14:15.355-04:00Anonymous 12:47 PM
This one's for you! LOL
http...Anonymous 12:47 PM<br /><br />This one's for you! LOL<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2uvn2bSusannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-67929697623676541412009-05-27T12:47:33.803-04:002009-05-27T12:47:33.803-04:00Solana, his own Grampaw. Oh, that one is funny. I ...Solana, his own Grampaw. Oh, that one is funny. I remember that record from my childhood days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-2505189376817052262009-05-27T12:20:23.676-04:002009-05-27T12:20:23.676-04:00Constance,
Is it possible that the Irish Universi...Constance,<br /><br />Is it possible that the Irish University (UCD) Honorary Doctorate may be due to greants the college may be receiving from the SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA FUND?<br /><br />Or the following?<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/q9v25r<br /><br /><br />http://www.madariaga.org<br />/about-us/origins/<br />salvador-de-madariaga<br /><br />Here is the Home page of the same website:<br /><br />http://www.madariaga.org/Susannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-75341226561751506922009-05-27T11:46:45.260-04:002009-05-27T11:46:45.260-04:00Dear Constance,
I don't know if you have seen the...Dear Constance,<br /><br />I don't know if you have seen the article on Salvador de Madariaga in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ESSAY by Tracy Chevalier.<br /><br />A biography appears on page 516<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/o4q6zm<br /><br /><br />Here is Nieves Mathews biography at the TripAtlas.com site:<br /><br /><I>FAMILY BACKGROUND<br /><br />Her father was the distinguished Spanish diplomat and scholar Salvador de Madariaga. Her mother was the distinguished economic historian Constance Archibald. <br />Nieves was the older of 2 daughters. She was not allowed to be baptised because of her father's anti-clericalism. She is the mother of two sons, Luis Solana, a former Spanish telephone executive who opposed Franco's dictatorship and was imprisoned for his political activities. <B>Her younger son, Javier Solana, is a well known Spanish politician, who was the former head of NATO, and is now the European Union foreign policy chief.</B></I>http://tripatlas.com/Nieves_Mathews<br /><br />My reason for posting this TripAtlas biography is so that we can all be eyewitnesses to the fact that at least one place other than Wikipedia reported that Nieves Mathews was Javier Solana's mother and that Salvador de Madriaga was Javier Solana's grandfather.<br /><br />The following is from the author of an article on Spain in the HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE (Donald J. Mabry) who personally knew "Don Madariaga."<br /><br /><I> He was completely fluent in French, and he added an English leg to his linguistic tripod when he went to England and married an economic historian, Constance Archibald. <B>They had two daughters, Nieves and Isabel (now a Russian historian at the University of London).</B> I got to know them well when I went to Spain, and they were so kind I felt like a member of the family. </I>http://tinyurl.com/qhs6e9<br /><br />The following was over at Bjorn's site:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2jld2q<br /><br />According to the following interview with Nieves - a.k.a. "Prabhu Praveeta" <br /><br /><I>Prabhu Praveeta: Osho said yesterday "If I go and you′re not ready, I′ll send you to other Masters". To me that was the promise of promises!<br />Well, I was sent to him by an enlightened man, because since my childhood I have always been around enlightened people; I had that great fortune. My mother was very close to the man who first brought Sufism to the west in our century - Hazrat Inayat Khan. I didn′t know him, but as a child of eight <B>I was given my first Sufi name ′Hayat′ by him.</B> It means ′life′, and my daughter wrote to me when she heard I was now called Prabhu Praveeta [meaning ′pregnant with God′], "That′s just a continuation - being pregnant with God." Inayat gave me my first name, and my whole childhood and adolescence was under the wing of this form of Sufism which came to the West.</I>http://tinyurl.com/pp9k8d<br /><br />The following article was taken from Wikipedia. It names Nieves Hayat de Madariaga Mathews as Javier Solana's mother.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/omx9b2<br /><br />The following is entitled "OSHO ON SUFISM" and reads:<br /><br /><I>Idries Shah is said to have been a founding member of the Club of Rome. The former Secretary General of NATO (1995-1999), Javier Solana, is also member of the Club of Rome. Javier Solana's mother, Nieves Hayat de Madariaga Matthews, wrote a book on Francis Bacon. In it she writes that the book was suggested by "my teacher, Osho, who thought highly of Sir Francis Bacon and gave the book his blessing."</I>http://tinyurl.com/pvjsys<br /><br />Looks like the German Wikipedia is still reporting that Nieves Hayat Mathews de Madariaga is Solana's "mutter." It wanders off the reservation, however when it names Salvador de Madariaga as Javier Solana's "Großonkel" (Grand-uncle) and Constance Archibald de Madariaga as his "Großmutter."(Grandmother). Gee whiz! LOL By the time Squeakbox and company finish their revisions, Solana is going to wind up being his own grandpa!!! :-)<br /><br />http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_SolanaSusannanoreply@blogger.com