The hour of Europe - without England?
In June 1991, confronted with the crisis in former Yugoslavia Jacques Poos, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg in the chair of the EU, stated "This is the hour of Europe. It is not the hour of the Americans." He was wrong. The crisis was not brought to an end before the U.S. became involved, which lead the way to the Dayton agreement in 1995. Hard power was required. The U.S. had it; the Europeans did not.
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