Better than predicted. The European Union-Brazil summit that unfolded in Lisbon reached, and even surpassed, the results expected. These results can be summarised in the following way:
1. Political relations rekindled. The meeting between President Lula da Silva and the European authorities was warm and friendly. It is true that, at meetings of this kind, everyone hugs each other and rhetoric flows. But this time, both sides felt that conviviality was a must because too many earlier...