European Commissioner for International Partnerships calls for greater European unity at Prague conference

Europe lacks unity on some issues, which prevents it from becoming a global player, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela said at a conference titled “Czech Priorities in European Policy”, organised by Euractiv. “Europe certainly has what it takes to rank among the strongest global actors, but to achieve this it needs greater unity” Síkela said. He noted that in recent months there have been cases when common interests were traded for supplies of gas or oil, or for a simple desire to weaken Europe.