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If extended investigative detentions don't rile the Tories in Britain, the Foreign Minister's speech about the future of the EU will.EU 'should expand beyond Europe'
"[UK] Foreign Secretary David Miliband has suggested the European Union should work towards including Russia, Middle Eastern and North African countries...
"It could be a "model power of regional co-operation" dedicated to free trade, the environment and tackling extremism...
"[H]e said the EU had the chance to be a 'model power' which could develop shared values between countries.
"'As a club that countries want to join, it can persuade countries to play by the rules, and set global standards. In the way it dispenses its responsibilities around the world, it can be a role model that others follow.'...
"He outlined four principles for the 'next generation' of Europe, for it to remain open to 'trade, ideas and investment', to develop shared institutions to overcome religious and cultural divides, to prevent conflict by championing international law and human rights in and outside Europe, and to become a "low carbon power'.
He said a successful EU must be prepared to 'deploy soft and hard power to promote democracy and tackle conflict beyond its borders'..."
Labels: EU, globalization, rule-of-law, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 10:34 AM
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