A number for Europe

For the witticism attributed to former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger to become true the EU's foreign policy decisions must now be made in Brussels, the left-liberal daily El País notes: "According to Kissinger, he never made that famous remark: 'Who do I call if I want to call Europe,' but it seems appropriate to him. Last week Europe completed the election of its trio: [Herman] Van Rompuy on the Council, [José Manuel] Barroso in the Commission and [Catherine] Ashton as a go-between for the two of them on foreign policy. But as things stand now, the telephone numbers for Europe start with +33 (París), +49 (Berlín) y +44 (London). Ashton's job is to make that number starts with +32 (for Brussels)."

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