By Robert Anderson in Prague A brave new European negotiating platform has been born, with the launch of the European Political Community (EPC) at a summit of political leaders at Prague Castle on October 6. The concept of the EPC – which was announced in May by French President Emmanuel Macron, then the rotating European Union Council President – had initially been greeted with suspicion, especially by EU candidate countries, who saw it as yet another attempt by France and the other founding EU member states to put their applications on ice. Other countries feared that it would merely duplica…