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The New York event is the first time top EU officials can speak directly to the UN assembly (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Van Rompuy paints rosy picture of EU at first-ever UN speech

EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy has in a ground-breaking speech in New York described the EU as a force for good in the world and said it is managing the euro crisis in a spirit of "solidarity."

Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday (22 September) for the first time as the EU's top official rather than as a leader of an EU presidency country, he said: "This institutional innovation gives our union more continuity and consistency vis-a-vis other world leaders."

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The New York event is the first time top EU officials can speak directly to the UN assembly (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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