The EU wants to grow up

The left-wing liberal newspaper Népszabadság comments on José Manuel Barroso's open letter to the next US president as well as a lecture given by EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner: "The EU's standpoint as articulated here can ... be seen as a trial balloon. If the ... Lisbon treaty came into effect there would be an EU foreign minister to represent the stance of the EU as a whole. ... Barroso ... made reference to the new wave of globalisation. ... Can Europe or the US afford to block the path to finding ... a solution to the situation? Barrosos's answer is 'no'. ... One must [also] reflect on how to integrate the [new world powers] - perhaps according to the European model - and how to restructure the international organisations. ... Whether the next US president will heed this adult European voice or continue to regard the EU 27 as a bunch of hysterical kids is another question."

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