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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10340

19 March 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Strange way to criticise the EU - European Parliament prepares to take a stand

How can one use powers one does not have? I am curious about a new way of criticising the EU that consists of taking the EU to task for not making proper use of powers that it has not been given! The criticism takes the form of asking why the EU doesn't take spectacular military initiatives but the EU does not have the power to do so. Despite the progress made by the Lisbon Treaty, security and defence policy remain largely in the hands of the nation states and are regulated anyway by the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS