The Union's diplomacy, epitomised by the High Representative for External Affairs Catherine Ashton, is struggling to be heard and seems to lag behind Washington. Meanwhile the EU27's foreign services veer between puzzled silence and moderate encouragment of uprisings – while not wishing to appear to let go of despots they have hitherto supported.
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