FOREIGN POLICY
History may judge Barroso’s contribution to the EU’s foreign policy by his handling of crises. If so, Barroso might regret that he was too scrupulous in his respect for institutional turf. Europe’s leader during the Ukraine crisis has, without a doubt, been Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, but within the institutions Barroso was certainly the most important figure. It was fitting that his presidency ended with a success, in the form of a gas deal with Russia and Ukraine that may, with luck, keep Ukraine and the EU stocked with gas through the winter. But Barroso should rue that he …read more
Source: European Voice
