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Few European Union countries appear to love the EU as much as Georgia does. EU flags hang outside every government building and in every ministerial office here. They are ubiquitous symbols of Georgia’s EU ambitions, although actual membership remains a distant dream. So when three high-ranking Europeans came to visit last week — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner; his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski; and EU foreign policy chief  Catherine Ashton — they got an enthusiastic welcome and hours of celebratory television coverage.