POLI 451 Lecture Notes - Revanchism, Federica Mogherini, Jean-Claude Juncker
24 Sep 2014
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Angela merkel (ger. ) and tusk are close allies will bolster tusk"s position. + br. are a natural partner: high representative for foreign affairs two harder matters: Federica mogherini (italy"s foreign minister) appointed eu"s high rep. for foreign affairs not unanimous selection b/c lituanian pres. Grybauskaite abstained appointment shows big countries are determined to retain control over crunch fp issues jobs discussion was swiftly resolved: how to help slow european economy not on the summit"s set agenda. Italian pm matteo renzi brought it up (hates german-led austerity) invited leaders to a jobs summit october 6th some resistance to this proposal: how to respond to russian revanchism in ukraine. Petro poroshenko said they were close to the point of no return before war. But did not call for deliveries of arms to ukrainian forces.
