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It has become evident that, unlike what the European Union has claimed, Association Agreements and Free Trade Agreements promoted by the European bloc with Latin America are not any different from those promoted by the Bush administration. According to Spanish Secretary of State before the EU, Diego López Garrido, the EU should affirm its expansive foreign policy by taking advantage of the void left by the election atmosphere in the US. The claim is relevant since Spain will have the EU’s Pro Tempore Presidency when France ends its current term in office, in 2010. Lopez Garrido said that one of the main challenges for the EU is to handle the Irish vote against the Treaty of Lisbon, though he was positive because “there will be ways to satisfy the Irish”.

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