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Article: ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES SAYS EUROPEAN UNION NEEDS MORE COURAGE, VISION
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- March 11, 2008
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The office of the President issued the following news release:
"In ten years Estonia will for the first time have the privilege and responsibility of holding the European Union Presidency, therefore, we must think at least ten years ahead," said President Toomas Hendrik Ilves today when speaking to the plenary assembly of the European Parliament, where he focused on the capability of the European Union to compete in a rapidly changing world.
According to the Estonian Head of State, it is time to set aside the concept of "new member states" as an anachronism, because there are no new or old members in the European Union today, only member states.
There are major challenges facing the ...
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