Posted by: zanshin, 2007-12-02 08:06

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Date: 2007-05
"He [= Tony Blair] set out hoping he could end the psycho-drama of Britain's relations with Europe, and that as a result he could be the leader of an outward-looking, self-confident European Union, sharing leadership with the US.
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Unhappily, his damaging relationship with [President George W.] Bush - and like almost everybody associated with this administration, he has gone down as a result - destroyed his ability to shape the European agenda."
-- Chris Patten, former European commissioner for external affairs and now chancellor of Oxford University






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