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Further EU enlargement will promote peace on the EU's borders and strengthen the bloc's role in the world, believes a majority of EU citizens (Photo: Wikipedia)

Popular opinion backs EU foreign minister post

A majority of EU citizens are in favour of having a single EU foreign minister for the bloc, the results of a new survey have shown.

Conducted by the German Marshall Fund in June across several member states including France, Germany, the UK and Italy, the survey showed that 65 percent of respondents would like to see the post created.

The greatest support for the idea was found among the Spanish (74%), the Italians (71%) and the French (69%) while British and Slovak respondents ...

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Further EU enlargement will promote peace on the EU's borders and strengthen the bloc's role in the world, believes a majority of EU citizens (Photo: Wikipedia)

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