Some observers underline that the so-called "Old Europe" club insisted that it was not the right time to offer such a gift to Ukraine.
It was in response to a question by Groenhuijsen at a 2003 press conference that then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld coined the term "Old Europe" to describe some of the countries of Western Europe.
Germany and France vehemently opposed the 2003 Iraq War, leading the administration of George W. Bush to label Germany and France as the Old Europe, as opposed to the countries (mainly former east bloc countries) that supported the war.
Frontpage.mag: Berlinski’s examination of why the French port of Marseille works and how the police department and city administration have avoided the unrest and segregation that have plagued Paris and much of the rest of Old Europe is brilliant reporting and should be required reading for mayors and police chiefs throughout Europe.
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New Europe and Old Europe: Those parts that did and did not support the 2nd Iraq War.
Everson, M. Tenacity in religion, myth, and folklore: the Neolithic Goddess of Old Europe preserved in a non-Indo-European setting, Journal of Indo-European Studies 17, 277 (1989).