The new Secretary-General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer from the Netherlands, took up his post at 8am this morning (5 January), replacing the UK's George Robertson.
The 55 year-old Dutch diplomat - a former air force officer - has ten years of experience in Brussels and is regarded as being both "Atlanticist" and pro-European in his views.
Mr de Hoop Scheffer will need all his experience and diplomatic know-how if he is ...
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