Opinion & Analysis
Low-profile EU leaders mirror feeble global role
Unfortunately, the new President of the European Union’s Council of Ministers Herman van Rompuy, has spoken out against Turkish membership in far cruder terms than one would expect from a gentle haiku writer. Photo/REUTERS
By Chris Patten
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Posted Wednesday, November 25 2009 at 00:00
Posted Wednesday, November 25 2009 at 00:00
In Summary
- With selection of van Rompuy and Lady Ashton, we are in danger of making Europe politically irrelevant
Patten, the last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU Commissioner for External Affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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