For the EU at the U.N., Rising Influence but Bad Timing

Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Sept. 26, 2018 (AP photo by Frank Franklin II).

For the EU at the U.N., Rising Influence but Bad Timing

Richard Gowan Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018

Is the European Union becoming an effective diplomatic force in the Security Council?

Advocates of a common EU foreign policy have long called on the bloc to play a greater role at the United Nations. Germany is even formally committed to the idea of an EU seat on the council. ...