Pending the discussion the the democratic deficit of Europe which we usually find ourselves when talking about the EU and its problems, the article Skybird posted can be quoted as the truth. Even though we have seen extreme developments on the field of CFSP and ESDP, which is unprecedented in the "EU"'s 50+ year old span, we are still but a number a bickering nations, each one looking after its own agenda and only the big players are usually ready to make some small concessions, yet then (usually) the Poles and the Czechs come flying in, ruining the hard laid work done by the EU institutions.
Frankly, I hope for a day when there will be one representative, one phone number and frankly Skybird, what ever you say about the EU, the article's author seemed willing to expect the EU as a world player, as long as we get our act together. Right now, we can only wait and see which cours the EU will take and let's hope it will be the favourable one.
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