In what is to be his first major foray in the foreign policy arena, EU council president Herman Van Rompuy will on Thursday (16 September) preside over a meeting of EU leaders and foreign ministers to examine the bloc's relations with its strategic partners.
The one-day and single-themed meeting is an attempt by an Mr Van Rompuy to ringfence where the EU's strategic priorities lie, with the 27-nation Union more often in the news for its divisions on external issues and many larger state...
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