“Of course former colonial powers are always more present and influential. They're the ones who need to defend the EU's values on the frontlines.” NeedsValuesCoursesFormerInfluentialFrontline Author:Alvaro de Vasconcelos
“It's wrong to focus only on economic cooperation and then to hope that a sufficiently stable system will become democratic more or less by itself. The EU needs to urge its neighbors to pursue both economic stability and political modernization in equal measures.” NeedsPoliticalFocusEconomicEqualDemocraticNeighborPursueUrgesCooperationStabilityStableModernizationEconomic StabilityEconomic Cooperation Author:Alvaro de Vasconcelos