Tag Archives: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Ashton, the media and a resignation

By Kosmopolit | Published: March 26, 2010
Lutz Güllner, a spokesperson of Cathy Ashton, has resigned. Obviously, we don’t know the exact reasons but resigning from a job can mean two things. Either you don’t like the job anymore or your boss encourages you to look for something else. Now if you resign after only a couple of months, the job is [...]
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Let's not get too excited about the EEAS!

By Kosmopolit | Published: March 24, 2010
There is a lot of speculation about the nature of the EEAS these days. Last week the first names for the top posts have been leaked to the press. Since then there has been a fight about organigramms or how a diplomat expressed it: “There’s probably a draft organigram on every floor of every EU [...]
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Van Rompuy/Ashton: The perfect Mr and Ms Nobody?

By Kosmopolit | Published: November 19, 2009
Finally, the EU topjobs are filled and the winners are Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy who will become the first permanent president of the European Council and EU Commissioner Catherine Ashton who will get the EU foreign affairs post. Let’s start with the good news: The appointment of two nobodies to the EU top jobs [...]
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The new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

By Kosmopolit | Published: October 23, 2009
Yes, this is really the official title of the position that will be created once the  Lisbon treaty is in force. Why not “EU Foreign minister” you may ask – well, the British delegation successfully managed to lobby against the title of “EU Foreign Minister” in the negotiations (supported by quite a few others). Strange, [...]
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