The European Union (EU) will be more effective, but need far-reaching changes, the bloc's rotating Presidency Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in a statement carried by the presidency website on Friday.
The EU will be more effective and dynamic and bring the Europeans closer together and gain more popularity because of the Lisbon Treaty which come into effect on Dec. 1, said Zapatero, whose country took over the six-month rotating presidency from Sweden on Friday.
"Nevertheless, Europe has been in need of more far-reaching changes for some time," he said, adding that "we must make Europe(an) increasingly important player on the international stage."
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