Alexander Stubb
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Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (1 April 1968 (Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and was Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2008-2011 and a Member of the European Parliament with the European People's Party (EPP)2004-2008.
- "I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the (EU) meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency (of the EU) a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged." [1]
- "Call me the “stan” man. Or have you ever been to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kirghizia or Kazakhstan. Give it eight weeks and I will have done them all. "[2]
