After months of European leaders demanding a seat at the negotiating table on Ukraine, Washington says it will get one. But first they had to agree on who speaks on behalf of Europe.
The challenge of getting a continent to speak with one voice is tricky, as the European Union has become a bloc of 27 countries whose national interests can conflict as often as they coincide. It’s such a cliché that there’s an urban legend that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once asked, “Who should I call if I want to talk to Europe?”
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