Last October I reported that the the EU's Commissioner for External Affairs, Chris Patten, had traveled to America with quite an offer. Believe it or not, Patten actually offered the United States all the kingdoms of the world. Here is some of what I wrote:

"Recently, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's notified the Western European leaders of America's plans to turn NATO into a rapid reaction force. Some of these leaders feared that turning NATO into a rapid reaction force would undermine the EU's own force being formed under the direction of their High Representative, Javier Solana. 

Yet, as I said before, my experience told me Javier Solana should not to be counted out just yet. And now it's being reported the EU's Chris Patten paid a visit to Chicago last Thursday and made the US an interesting offer. Here's the deal: If the US would help strengthen Solana's rapid reaction force, the EU would help hand over to the US all the kingdoms of the world.

Quoting directly from the Euobserver, "He (Chris Patten) thus suggested a model in which the US could be the leading participant in a system of co-operative global governance" (http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=7806).

Here's my question: Is this an offer from Solana to Bush?"

Now it look's like the EU is making that offer to President Bush again this week at the US/EU summit being held in Washington (Read about it here). And, this time there is no question from whom this idea is coming.

Our world may once again have a single voice -- Solana's.