Europe struggles to become superpower by Andrew Borowiec
PARIS -- Europe's unity has become increasingly fragile as national ambitions gnaw at the fabric woven to turn the Continent into a new superpower. The hopes of the 25-member European Union have stumbled against Russia's reach for world influence and its own inability to speak with one voice on foreign-policy issues, such as Iraq, which have divided its ranks. As a new year unfolds, trans-Atlantic relations remained in flux, with EU members divided between those proclaiming "Europe first" slogans and the former communist countries preferring the security of close links with the United States.
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