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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10622

30 May 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 1 / 23
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Four weeks for defining the new face of Europe: what has been achieved and what has not as we look forward to the June summit

Let us try to make a little sense of all this. The latest developments in Europe have led to some confusion between what is to be considered as already achieved (or almost), what remains controversial, and what is supported by a large number of member states while being rejected by others. To this must be added the guiding principles shared, in principle, by all - albeit every member state in its own way, depending on its individual political predilections.

Little has been achieved. Only a...