The Deepening UK-EU Crisis
... restoration of the French-German tandem, which had defined the direction and velocity of the integration process, but visibly weakened during the EU's eastward expansion. The duo's might became obvious at the EU Paris summit in August 2011, when France and Germany managed to work out a common line and offer the other 15 Eurozone countries a stabilization program. In essence, the issue was the so-called "economic government", headed by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and intended ...
15.07.2013