The Western European Union, set up in 1948, was a cold war spine-stiffener.

该组织成立于1948年，在冷战时期令东西关系雪上加霜。

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The European Union says a Chinese cargo ship has been hijacked in the western Indian Ocean.

欧盟说，一艘中国货船在印度洋西部被劫持。

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The agreement marks a setback for the European Union and the US, which have urged Kazakhstan to export oil and gas across the Caspian to western markets.

双方的协议标志着欧盟与美国遇到挫折。欧盟与美国曾敦促哈萨克斯坦越过里海，将石油与天然气出口到西方市场。

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But the emergency meeting showed growing divisions between western European countries and newer members of the European Union.

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The 58-year-old Ghimpu and his pro-Western coalition, dubbed the 'Alliance for European Integration', seek closer ties with the European Union and want to take the former Soviet republic out of Russia's sphere of influence.

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In theory, the Maastricht treaty gives an answer: the Western European Union, Europe's defence club.

ECONOMIST: Quick march! Who says?

The European Union, through the Western European Union, its embryonic defence arm, has offered to help the police.

ECONOMIST: Albania

This replaced the mutual defence clause of the Western European Union (WEU) which will be wound up in 2011, and which currently consists of delegations from national parliaments.

BBC: Security and Defence Committee