Comments on: Lisbon Treaty : managing expectations http://crossick.blogactiv.eu/2010/01/23/lisbon-treaty-managing-expectations/ Rated 6th most influential EU blog by Waggener Edstrom. European of British nationality, for nearly 30 years Bruxellois. Deep believer in the principle of 'mutuality' and Monnet's axiom "Thought cannot be divorced from action", equivalent to Wang Yangming's "Zhixingheyi". Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Paul Giles http://crossick.blogactiv.eu/2010/01/23/lisbon-treaty-managing-expectations/#comment-3389 Paul Giles Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:19:04 +0000 http://crossick.blogactiv.eu/?p=1267#comment-3389 "The Treaty only provides the mechanism for the Union to play a revitalized role internationally. Whether it does in the short term will not depend on van Rompuy and Ashton, who will be preoccupied in bedding down the new set-up, but on the political will and egos of member State leaders." And those leaders, unlike Van Rompuy and Ashton, have to face electorates. I suspect that I have more reason for optimism than you do, Mr Crossick. “The Treaty only provides the mechanism for the Union to play a revitalized role internationally. Whether it does in the short term will not depend on van Rompuy and Ashton, who will be preoccupied in bedding down the new set-up, but on the political will and egos of member State leaders.”

And those leaders, unlike Van Rompuy and Ashton, have to face electorates. I suspect that I have more reason for optimism than you do, Mr Crossick.

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