Should the international community make an intervention in Syria? Create humanitarian corridors, supply arms? MEPs Jelko Kacin and Véronique de Keyser disagree with each other.
How much weight do the EU's words and deeds carry in the world of international diplomacy? EPTV examines what, if anything, the External Action Service has changed.
Mid-way through his term, Parliament President Buzek hopes to make the EU a world player, but for this the EU needs funds and the citizens need the EU to spend.
The EU diplomatic service is taking shape, countries with budget deficits could be fined and MEPs fought over a minimum income whilst Ban Ki-Moon spoke on poverty.
Guy Verhofstadt talks about the new European External Action Service, the EU's diplomatic service. It should be fully EU run under the Commission's umbrella.