Analysis - New leadership seeks to rebuild EU self-confidence


  • World
  • Sunday, 21 Dec 2014

A bird flies past a banner, showing an image of the European Commission's new President Jean-Claude Juncker, on the facade of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels in this November 4, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Files

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Short, snappy and focussed on two priorities - reviving sagging investment in Europe and standing firm towards Russia, the first European Union summit under new leadership was a demonstrative break with the past.

Donald Tusk, the former Polish prime minister who took over the chairmanship of the 28-nation European Council this month, put his briskly opinionated stamp on the meeting of EU leaders, sending them home a day early after a show of unity and purpose.

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