Le Monde Special on Enlarged European Union

Le Monde's issue of April 29 features a special 20-page section on the European Union's taking in of 10 new members on Sunday. Three articles, in particular, concern Uncle Sam's relation, direct or indirect, to the enlarged union:

• America hopes that the Union of 25 will lean towards "New Europe" (Patrick Jarreau)
  
• "Between us and Europe, a political Rubicon has been crossed"
  (Francis Fukuyama interviewed by Alain Frachon and Daniel Vernet)
  
• France's influence in Brussels has eroded through the years (Laurent Zecchini)