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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10270

4 December 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
Chris Patten considers EU will never be a real power

Brussels, 03/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - Chris Patten of Britain, who held the post of European External Relations Commissioner from 1999 to 2004, is mentioned in US diplomatic despatches published this week by WikiLeaks. In a note written by the former US ambassador to the EU, Rockwell Schnabel, on 28 April 2004, Patten is cited on several matters, including: - The “real power” of the EU. “To be a real power, a country must be ready and able to adopt and implement a policy, even if the...

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