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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9566

16 December 2007
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Some remarks about the too lengthy “Conclusions”

Once again, the European Council did not resist the temptation to transform its “conclusions” into a summary of all the EU had done and intended to do. This is a useful exercise for historians and the authorities in charge of putting the orientations retained into practice but not a useful exercise at all for the public. Which Head of government really read all the texts he was agreeing to? They are the fruit of lengthy negotiations between diplomats and sometimes ministers and experts...