The merits of European pressure. I recently had the opportunity to express, in this section, an opinion that might have surprised a certain number of readers, namely that the EU's influence in the field of external relations and foreign policy exceeds what is generally expected. To be clear: this opinion is not based in the list of "declarations" that the Presidency of the Council or the European Commission issue at the rate of two or three per week and which very often only have one aim:...