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Blair would strengthen the Council to the detriment of the Commission, that is true. It would also weaken the influence of the individual member states.

If they had appointed someone like Moratinos or Blidt to the Foreign Policy role, they would have gotten themselves an activist supranational foreign minister. A nightmare for the states.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 04:24:45 PM EST
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