The UK must build up its presence in the EU institutions and nurture stronger ties with smaller member states in order to maximise its influence, the country's foreign secretary William Hague has said.
In a keynote speech on Thursday (1 July), Mr Hague outlined the future direction of Britain's foreign policy under the new Conservative-Liberal coalition government, and brandished Labour's recent performance as a "mystifying" failure to build up authority in Brussels.
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