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Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Ex federal minister of Foreign Relations of Austria (2000-2004), Benita Ferrero-Waldner is the European commissioner of Foreign Relations.

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“Taking rights seriously”

by Benita Ferrero-Waldner

23 September 2005

The 175 Heads of State and Government gathered in New York should respond to the delicate questions regarding the usefulness of the UN and should discuss the reform project of the institution. The ambition is to reorganize a new era in world politics. The world has changed over the past 60 years (…)

“Europe, an actor of world magnitude”

by Benita Ferrero-Waldner

29 June 2005

The turmoil in the European Union regarding the European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) and the future of its funding, has led our partners to wonder the real capacity of Europe to become an actor of world magnitude. They fear the creation of a drawn up Europe. But, the present Summit between (…)