Tag: Ashton
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What can we ask of a treaty?
The New York Times has recently taken to reporting on the failures of the Lisbon Treaty, manifested by the visible growing pains in the new leadership structures of the European Union (here). To be sure, The Times is hardly alone in noting what seems to be a problem in the implementation of the New Europe.… Read more →
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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 →