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 [...]
Let's not get too excited about the EEAS!
by Kosmopolit in EU politics
March 24, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Catherine Ashton, diplomacy, EEAS, EU, High Rep, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Institutional reform, languages
Van Rompuy/Ashton: The perfect Mr and Ms Nobody?
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November 19, 2009 · 3 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Baroness Ashton, EU topjobs, European Council President, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, van rompuy
The new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
by Kosmopolit in EU politics
October 23, 2009 · 14 Comments
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, [...]
Tags: candidates, CFSP, EEAS, ESDP, EU, EU foreign policy, European, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, lisbon treaty
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