Haughty by nature: on the EU’s outward rhetoric

... based on the acquis. It seems like, then, that the EU did not actually have to make any real concessions to partner up with Russia, but simply maintain the façade of special treatment. Keep in low gear The European Union has a fragile international ... ... its continued ability to be a global leader’, suggests a BBC poll published last spring. But it is picked up on its arrogance as well, and not just by the British Eurosceptic mass media and myself. Tommy Koh, former Singaporean ambassador to ...