EU Aimes For Bigger Role
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Courtesy Of: BBC News
Thursday, 8 June 2006

The European Commission has unveiled plans designed to strengthen the EU's role on the wolrd stage, despite the setback to the European Constitution.

It wants better co-operation between the European Commission and the Council of the European Union, which represents the 25 member states.

"Europe is still punching under its weight," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.

...The EU has long worried about being an economic superpower but a "political dwarf."

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