, the first Strategy Paper, covering the period 2007-2010, was adopted by the European Commission in August 2007, paving the … fulfilled its objectives. Therefore, the Strategy Paper 2011-2013 is in strong continuity with the previous one and contains … only limited changes and amendments. As for the period 2007-2010, the revised EIDHR Strategy Paper retains, for the period …

leaders in Berlin and Paris are drawing on a long tradition of joint Franco-German leadership of the EU. For both countries … core Europe to cajole others into accepting their demands. Such a strategy would be deeply divisive for the Union. Franco …