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Catherine Ashton and her colleagues need to show more understanding of how essential development is to security. Last week you reported on the storm of criticism facing the...

Plum new jobs for Mandelson and Ferrero-Waldner. It is all onwards and upwards for two former European commissioners.

Some familiar faces come to the fore. In the aftermath of the UK general election, some of the backstage participants in the campaigns came to the fore – and they proved...

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...

New job for former commissioner. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, a former European commissioner for external relations, followed a high-risk strategy in the autumn, when she put...

What to read into the João Vale de Almeida appointment. The nomination of João Vale de Almeida to be head of the EU's delegation in Washington, DC is laden with import....

Different political aims and personal tastes have helped determine how often -- and where -- the EU's leaders and commissioners have travelled.

The complicated ‘relationship' among commissioners with foreign-policy dossiers. What exactly is the relationship supposed to be in the next European Commission between...

France and Germany emerge as big winners in new European Commission. José Manuel Barroso's allocation of portfolios in the new European Commission gives the EU's...

The EU's new high representative will have to be a quick learner to get to grips with her new job. The European Union's new institutional arrangements for managing foreign...

European commissioner bows out early in race to be Unesco chief. Eyebrows were raised when Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations,...

Commissioners fears too much Council influence, but all member states back unified representation. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations,...

European commissioner pulls out of race to be director-general of culture organisation. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations, has dropped...

Young musicians tackle the issue of poverty. Five days still remain for people to vote in the European Commission's first ever “music against poverty” song contest....

Stop-over in Cuba added to Benita Ferrero-Waldner's visit to Honduras and Latin America. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations, made a...

External relations commissioner says parties should resolve differences peacefully and within the legal framework. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for...

Leaders say they hope to wrap up bilateral trade talks 'at an early date'. The European Union and South Korea failed to resolve their differences over a bilateral free trade...

The times are too dangerous to continue waiting for consensus, writes John Wyles José Manuel Barroso sounded like a man quietly confident of reappointment in an...

Russia has still to flesh out ideas for a new European security architecture. Little clarification of Russian security plans was obtained by a European Union delegation to...