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A new diplomacy
In the first weeks of her tenure as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy all eyes have been on the design and structure Lady Ashton gives to her new post. There are no precedents, no models. Ashton essentially starts from scratch in giving the form to the post of Europe’s Chief Diplomat. The… Read more →
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Monsieur Van Rompuy
The President of the Council of Europe today addressed the Alliance Française, the international interest organisation for global users of the French language. Taking the floor It came 5 days after the International Day of Francophony, Van Rompuy spoke, in eloquent French, on the theme ‘Culture, globalisation and Europe: Google contra Proust?’. It is clear… Read more →
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(Re)birth of European power
Europe is born! Well, reborn, or perhaps reincarnated would be more appropriate to say, January 1. The New Europe, the Europe of Lisbon, the Europe of consensus, or referenda, is born. After an extraordinary, or perhaps quite practicable, Irish volte face, the European plebiscite is a fact. What is new? And what is old? Herman… Read more →
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