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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10765

17 January 2013
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
For the first time in its history the EU is faced with an armed conflict decided on by one of its member states - considerations and analysis

First time for the EU. For the first time, an EU member state has decided on its own initiative to engage in a military operation, and other member states have supported it. Of course, the intervention is not arbitrary - it is based in particular on the positions and decisions of the UN, NATO and the EU itself, which make it legitimate. Yet the decision to act was taken in Paris, defining the limits and nature of the French intervention, and the EU as such then joined it. The previous...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES