Haughty by nature: on the EU’s outward rhetoric

... 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 ... ... freedom and solidarity. But fancying itself capable of exporting its norms, while morally justified, can be an obstacle to smooth rapprochement with the outside world, especially Russia.