"The general public opinion [in Finland] would be for a European security solution instead of NATO. But the politicians don't hold out much hope for this - the EU is not a military alliance and any security guarantees given by the EU states are not such as could offer real defence," she added.

Hmmm, the head of the EDA is the HR for the CFSP, which is Javier Solana of NATO Serbia bombing campaign fame.

I was going to suggest Martti Ahtisaari [no other Finnish diplomats come to mind, sorry] to succeed Solana, but he's gotten himself embroiled in the Kosovo mess on the NATO side, so I don't know.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."