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Ursula Plassnik

Former chief of staff of the Austrian Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schüssel (1997-2004) and former Ambassador to Switzerland (2004), Ursula Plassnik is the Austrian Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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“Europe, take a deep breath please”

by Ursula Plassnik

29 June 2005

We did not give a good image at the European Council. For weeks, there was the impression that it was simply an accounting period. Who could save more? At the end and after the meeting, disappointment was obvious. The summit was a failure, not only in terms of the finances of the European Union (…)