Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Directorate-General For External Relations" produced 28 items.
| 1. Departmental restructuring approved | March 31, 2011 |
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The European Commission has approved a far-reaching restructuring of its mobility and transport department and changes and appointments in several other departments. |
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| 2. Commission reaches recruitment targets | February 3, 2011 |
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Criticism of 'unequal distribution' of people from newer member states across Commission departments The European Commission yesterday (2 February) claimed that it had met... |
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| 3. EEAS appointments trigger mini-reshuffle | October 28, 2010 |
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Senior management posts to change hands, while development, aid departments are to merge José Silva Rodríguez, who was until July the European Commission's... |
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| 4. Commission hopes service will hit all the right notes | October 28, 2010 |
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A warm welcome to the Foreign Policy Instruments Service. A remnant of the European Commission's foreign affairs department (DG Relex) is to live on after the creation of... |
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| 5. The difficulties of dividing up development responsibilities | July 15, 2010 |
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The establishment of the European External Action Service will result in major changes to the way the EU deals with development. The biggest institutional innovation to come... |
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| 6. Turf war continues over EU's diplomatic corps | March 11, 2010 |
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Frustration among EU member states as Commission insists on managing delegations. The power struggle between the European Commission and the EU's member states over the... |
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| 7. Big changes ahead for EU officials | October 22, 2009 |
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7,000 EU officials likely to be affected by the creation of the European External Action Service. The European External Action Service (EEAS) is likely to affect... | |
| 8. Movers & Shakers | October 22, 2009 |
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Alessandro Barberis, president of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, has been elected president of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres).... | |
| 9. Movers & shakers | July 24, 2008 |
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| 10. Movers & shakers | February 7, 2008 |
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The European Commission has appointed Gerhard Sabathil, currently head of the Commission representation in Berlin, as director in its department for external relations (DG... | |
| 11. Ferrero-Waldner holds cabinet reshuffle | March 29, 2007 |
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Change is afoot in the office of Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations. On 1 April, Frenchman Vincent Guerend is to be promoted to deputy... | |
| 12. Belgian back in the fold | March 29, 2007 |
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Louis Michel may be planning to take a month off from the European Commission to campaign in the Belgian elections, but Marc Vanheukelen is preparing to move in the other... | |
| 13. Kallas scratches his head over the top jobs puzzle | June 2, 2005 |
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Pity poor Siim Kallas, the European commissioner for administrative affairs, now part way through a series of meetings with all the top officials in his administration, meant... | |
| 14. Movers & Shakers | April 28, 2005 |
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Lenia Samuel has been appointed deputy director-general in the Commission's DG Employment and Social Affairs. Samuel, a 58-year-old lawyer, is currently permanent secretary... | |
| 15. New member states yet to claw top Union posts | December 2, 2004 |
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THE European Commission has pledged to step up its efforts to ensure that senior civil servants from new member states are fairly represented in top posts in the... | |
| 16. The race is on as Warsaw battles over Pole position | July 29, 2004 |
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Poland's infamous political infighting, which led to one prime minister's resignation and a difficult confirmation of a caretaker premier last month, has now stepped onto... | |
| 17. Call for quotas to address lack of women in Union's highest posts | May 27, 2004 |
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AN EU staff union says quotas should be introduced after it emerged that only 15% of the three main institutions' top jobs are occupied by women. Despite claiming a dramatic... | |
| 18. Commission plan paves way for first EU foreign minister | February 19, 2004 |
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EUROPEAN Commission officials are working on a scheme that “could pave the way for an EU foreign minister” as foreseen by the draft constitution drawn up by the... | |
| 19. Fielding to pastures new | June 12, 2003 |
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The Brussels press corps is mourning the departure of Andrew Fielding – arguably the most media-friendly of the many European Commission spokespersons – who has moved on... | |
| 20. Defraigne keen to shine at DG Trade | October 31, 2002 |
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PASCAL Lamy's right-hand man has pledged to throw himself into his new role as deputy director-general in DG Trade with "intellectual and psychological drive". Pierre... | |
