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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9259

7 September 2006
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
European defence policy benefiting from British participation but still affected by insufficiencies and shortcomings

Reasons for success. The press and European public opinion appear to have discovered the existence of the European Security and Defence Policy during the EU's intervention in the Lebanon (see this section yesterday). This is obviously something positive, as the ESDP represents, together with the CFSP, Europe's new frontier and contributes to the positive image of the EU in the world and its progress has been considerable. The attitude of “neutral” Member States is noticeably evolving and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS