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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, European Council president Charles Michel and the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell will be in New York (Photo: un.or)

UN annual meeting plus Poland in focus This WEEK

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels, September 20, 2021, 5:02:51 AM
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Senior EU officials will travel to New York for the UN general assembly, taking place between 20-24 September.

It comes at a sensitive moment in EU and US relations: the US's messy withdrawal from Afghanistan last month reinforced calls for more EU sovereignty, while the move last week by the US and UK to supply sensitive technology to Australia has been described as a "stab in the back" by some European politicians.

The EU officials will also try to push the US to join the bloc...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, European Council president Charles Michel and the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell will be in New York (Photo: un.or)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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