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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8539

11 September 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ue/united nations
Commission calls for EU to provide direction for EU to "punch its weight" at United Nations

Brussels, 10/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - Given that the scars from the wounds caused by dissent between Member States on the process for elaborating a common foreign policy at the outbreak of the war against Iraq are still not yet healed over, the European Commission on Wednesday presented a paper that puts forward practical ways in which, by working through the UN system. Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten said that as the largest financial contributor to the UN, "the EU needs...

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