Saturday, November 20, 2010

NATO and the EU: A rowless summit | The Economist

"A rowless summit

Nov 20th 2010, 22:15 by The Economist | Lisbon

IN BUCHAREST in 2008 they fell over whether to allow Ukraine and Georgia to begin the formal membership process to join NATO. In Strasbourg-Kehl in 2009, they barely patched up the row over the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the alliance’s secretary-general, in the face of objections of Turkey. This year Lisbon, the NATO allies seemed to agree on everything. Bad for journalists, but perhaps better for transatlantic relations."

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