What values for Europe? The Ten Commandments

This paper postulates ‘Ten Commandments’ governing the behaviour of the European Union, as drawn from either explicit or implicit references in the new European Constitutional Treaty. After a brief introduction to each one, author Michael Emerson ranks other global actors – the US, Russia and China –on the basis of the same criteria, since this could be a guide for the EU to the possibilities for harmonious foreign policy or to the difficulties that have to be managed.