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Role of personality in EU policy
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov) - The European Union is a very convenient instrument for studying the role of personality in history. Of course, all EU members decide on the Union's general strategic line collectively but still much depends on the personalities of European leaders - both those who replace each other at the rotating EU wheel and those who rule individual EU countries. Finally, there is a separate but important group of countries with which the EU cooperates or jointly resolves urgent global problems. Every personality either complicates life for the EU or makes it easier. Let me quote several examples to illustrate my point. If Nicolas Sarkozy wins the next elections in France, which is quite possible, his victory will prevent Turkey's EU entry. It is one of his election slogans.
The EU is at variance with Bush on a number of foreign policy issues, like Iraq and Iran. They also disagree on some fundamental moral problems which are vital for the understanding of democracy, like the attitude to capital punishment, torture and illegal prisons.
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