E.U. achievements refute critics' claims of failure
I have been the European Union's ambassador and head of the E.U. Delegation to the United States for not quite two months -- not long enough to be completely settled in, but long enough to hear the refrains about European failure on several occasions.
Against the backdrop of some E.U. member states' fiscal difficulties, commentators have been quick to lump together a series of ailments -- rising nationalism, deficits, high unemployment, a declining euro -- and declare that the European Union is dying, if not already dead.
There is no glossing over the financial crisis and the severe impact it has had on many European countries, as well as the United States.… Seguir leyendo »