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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9996

13 October 2009
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Unwieldy institutional set-up - Developments and announcements

Tentative first step towards EU being given permanent seat at United Nations. One should not rush to put the cart before the horse with all the rumours doing the rounds these days about the new EU responsibilities arising from the Lisbon Treaty, particularly because some of the comments seem to be aiming at sinking, rather than promoting, certain candidacies for the new posts. Certain forecasts should not be ignored, however, particularly when they are about general roles and principles...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT