Word: plassnik
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...European Union (EU) likewise remained quiet until masked men carrying grenade launchers and assault rifles, burning Norwegian and Danish flags, threatened the Brussels office on January 30th. Only then did the EU speak out; EU Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik expressed the EU’s “solidarity with our northern colleagues and the freedom of expression…and the freedom of religious beliefs” and said that it “strongly rejects” Muslim threats...
...shared objective" of "accession." Vienna wanted language that could have allowed talks to end in something less than full membership for Turkey, "a privileged partnership," for instance. But after holding that line through a marathon meeting on Sunday (EU decisions on enlargement require unanimity), Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik finally gave in on Monday to pressure from her 24 EU counterparts and from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...