BRUSSELS — European Union leaders meeting in Brussels this weekend, amid world war anniversaries, did not want for reminders of the continental conflicts that the bloc's founders meant to consign to history.
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Polish Prime Minister and EU Council president-elect Donald Tusk, outgoing EU Council president Herman Van Rompuy and Italian Foreign Minister and newly elected EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini pose during a European Union summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on August 30, 2014. European leaders named Tusk as the next EU president and Mogherini to head the bloc's foreign service, current leader Van Rompuy said. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS
