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Diction on a seesaw: a report on the RIAC conference on EU-Russia relations / Part 2

... straightforwardness of the negotiation process. He assured everyone that business sees the advantages of Eurasian integration. Hardly so the European Union, you might think. But in an air of gentlemanship and diplomacy, both European Parliament representatives, Libor ... ... generalities and elaborating on run-of-the-mill ideas. Some European participants did exactly this, while others, including Mr Barroso, spoke of grandiose plans that seem little conceivable in the medium or even long term. At odds with this stood the ...

01.04.2013

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Diction on a seesaw: a report on the RIAC conference on EU-Russia relations / Part 1

... similar: tighter economic cooperation, harmonisation of enterprise legislation, lifting of visa barriers and suchlike. The other sentiment that overshadowed the whole of the conference was one of euro-optimism. Fearing their destructive potential, Mr Barroso vigorously attacked sceptics in his closing remarks; he argued that the euro was not the inducer but the victim of a crisis that has, regrettably but reversibly, slowed down the integration process. But, he said, the European Union is more robust than it is 'fashionable' to admit, and will be a lot stronger in twenty years' time, to which date he solicited the organisers to invite him to an event of the like. If in a less poetic manner, but ...

01.04.2013

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