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EU summit sets blueprint for improved decision-making.(Cover story)
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European Affairs
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June 22, 2007
- Author:
- Froehlich, Stefan
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The political credibility and diplomatic prospects of the European Union have distinctly improved with the emergence of a new leading troika in Europe: Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel, the longest-serving of the three.
This outlook was confirmed by the result of the EU summit ending a crucial six-month German presidency. It was her first such stint. Her leadership, with a somewhat unexpected degree of help from France's Sarkozy and from Britain's Brown (who was watching from the wings as Prime Minister Tony Blair attended his last summit meeting) is credited with Germany's success in a string of international meetings ...