Pictured: French President Chirac and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
While the United States would wish to present a co-operative partnership between Europe and Washington, the reality is cultural divisions and polarised self-interest. The EU and the United Nations however have forged a closer and compatible alliance.
A geopolitical power confrontation between an expanding European Union and the USA is drawing to a head. Build-up to the EU/U.S. Summit scheduled for June 25 has seen threats fired across the Atlantic with ferocity more akin to foes rather than friends. Is there more to this US-EU stoush than the USA demanding compliance from a formerly subservient diplo-partner? Are we seeing the emergence of a new world EU superpower and the inauguration of a Cold War Clash, 21st Century-style?
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