"A New EU in the Making: Reflections from Turkey
European Union With Turkey
Monday, 23 November 2009
After a long period of speculations and intergovernmental tug-of-wars, the EU finally elected its new president and foreign policy chief. Taking the profiles of the recently elected politicians into consideration, it can be confidently said that the EU disappointed may people who believe in an 'ever closer Union' and a more 'proactive Europe' at the international fora. The new President, the Belgium Prime Minister Herman Von Rompuy, and the new foreign policy chief from the intergovernmentalist Britain, namely Catherine Aston, aroused question marks in the minds of observers. In this regard, one of the most frequently asked questions, for example, is the extent to which Rompuy and Ashton will stand out among the leaders of the other great powers. Given the pair's relative inexperience and low profile political standing 'neither will be able to stand alongside the US, Russian or Chinese leaders as peers and equals', as the British daily The Guardian writes."
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