The Assembly of the Western European Union was an assembly for delegations from the national parliaments of the member countries of the Western European Union (WEU), a security and defence organisation. Its final session was on 10 May 2011.
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—James Madison (1751–1836)
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here where to love at all’s to be a politician, as to love a poem
is pretentious,”
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Your friendship’s like a drawing band, yet we must take the parting hand.
Your company’s sweet, your union dear; Your words delightful to my ear,
Yet when I see that we must part, You draw like cords around my heart.”
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