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EU set to demand permanent seat at UN

The EU will soon demand its own permanent seat on the UN security council as a part of a wide-ranging reform paper to be presented by the European Parliament this week.

The paper, reported by German daily Die Welt, proposes that four new permanent seats be established, one for the EU and one for a representative of Africa, Latin American and Asia.

This would bring the number of permanent members of the security council up to nine. The council currently comprises five members - t...

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