Chris Patten, who has been responsible for external relations within the European Commission for the past ten months, has had time to overview problems, assess the situation and form an idea of current shortcomings, improvements to be envisaged and the strategy which, in his opinion, should be followed by the European Union.
One specific aspect, that of external aid management, has already been the subject of Commission deliberations. Regarding the global strategy, Mr Patten has established...