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The Irish Times

EU paymaster shows little hunger for new projects

GERMANY'S NEW foreign minister Guido Westerwelle ticks all the right boxes when he speaks of the European Union.

At a meeting with foreign journalists in Berlin, he cited the new government's "huge interest" in maintaining continuity in EU policies - including "treating small and medium-sized countries with respect".

As a politician born in 1961, the year the Berlin Wall sealed Cold War divisions, Westerwelle's priority is to "complete the reconciliation work" with Germany's eastern neighbours. Click here for more.