It turns out Germany's Angela Merkel's new foreign policy adviser, Christopher Heusgenhas, says Germany's dream to get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council is "an illusion." If you recall, this was one of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's pet projects.

 Not only that, Heusgen was also reported to have said from now on Germany's top foreign policy interest was to play a bigger role in the European Union (EU).

Somthing is a bit fishy here. Where did this guy Heusgenhas come from? No, he couldn't have. Heusgen served as chief-of-staff for EU top diplomat Javier Solana from 1999 to 2005 Read about it here  I  And her .

So, that's the game -- a permanent seat on the Security Council for the EU.

For Solana.