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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10385

25 May 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Visibility, powers, appearences and reality of EU institutions and action

Van Rompuy and Barroso: what visibility outside Europe? At the most senior international levels, are the presidents of the EU known at all? Two recent examples beg the question. I am referring to the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, who have been in their posts for a long time. Neither the authorities nor the media in China were able to clearly identify the role played by Mr Van Rompuy, who was on an official visit to the country. This was because they are more...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS