Spain takes the EU reins

Published January 20, 2010

Spanish Ambassador Eudaldo Mirapeix has an unusual goal for his role in Ottawa now that Spain has taken over the European Union presidency. The ambassador wants to decrease the influence of said presidency.

The EU's Lisbon Treaty entered into force Dec. 1 and provides for the European Commission's delegate, in this case Ambassador Matthias Brinkmann, to represent the EU in Canada,...

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