‘There will be new energy’

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"‘There will be new energy’

By MOLLY MOORE | Washington Post
May 21, 2007

Three new leaders could revitalize an old powerhouse

PARIS — Europe is undergoing its most dramatic changing of the guard in more than a decade. New leaders in the European Union’s three pre-eminent countries — Britain, France and Germany — not only might transform their nations individually but also have the collective clout to blast Europe out of its lethargy and revitalize it as a global and diplomatic powerhouse.

“They could get the European heart beating again,” said Francois Heisbourg, a foreign-policy analyst at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris."