Comments on: Quiet start from EU High Rep Ashton? Good! Go for the long game http://dansmithsblog.com/2010/03/02/quiet-start-from-eu-high-rep-ashton-good-go-for-the-long-game/ Analysis & commentary on world issues Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Frokostordning http://dansmithsblog.com/2010/03/02/quiet-start-from-eu-high-rep-ashton-good-go-for-the-long-game/#comment-386 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:13:59 +0000 http://dansmithsblog.com/?p=780#comment-386 Well… that’s interessting but actually i have a hard time seeing it… wonder how others think about this..

]]> By: Stephen Brown http://dansmithsblog.com/2010/03/02/quiet-start-from-eu-high-rep-ashton-good-go-for-the-long-game/#comment-385 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:43:18 +0000 http://dansmithsblog.com/?p=780#comment-385 Interesting post. Interesting to compare the analysis to the recent speech in Bruges by Herman vanRompuy, who also seems to be combining a pragmatic understanding of realities with the long view:

” … we should not be surprised that the more the Union deals with foreign affairs, in the
coming decade, the more certain differences in attitude between Member States will rise to the
surface. History and geography play an important role in foreign policy. So this is not just large Member States versus small Member States. It is also about having historic ties with certain regions in the world, or about being an island versus sharing a border with Russia. Such differences are real and will not go away like that … ”

The rest of the speech is also worth looking at in terms of the analysis of the post.

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/113067.pdf

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