
Your search for "European External Action Service" produced 126 items.
| 1. Ashton to announce first appointments | September 2, 2010 |
>Around 30 senior staff to be appointed, but legal issues delay efforts to fill posts in Brussels. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is on track to announce a... |
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| 2. New EU envoy to US presents credentials | August 11, 2010 |
De Almeida "first" EU ambassador under Lisbon João Vale de Almeida yesterday (10 August) presented Barack Obama, the president of the United States, with his credentials as... |
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| 3. UK diplomat appointed EU envoy for Sudan | August 5, 2010 |
Rosalind Marsden takes up post months before a referendum that may break up Sudan. Rosalind Marsden, a British career diplomat, has been appointed European Union Special... |
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| 4. News in brief | July 29, 2010 |
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| 5. Ministers agree to scrap four EUSR posts | July 29, 2010 |
EU member states have reached a preliminary agreement to scrap four of the EU's special representatives on foreign policy. Foreign ministers agreed to extend the life of... |
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| 6. A Eurocratic law: too many chiefs | July 29, 2010 |
How many senior management posts is too many? Ingebord Grässle, a German centre-right MEP, is frequently interesting and entertaining, even though she is not always as... |
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| 7. E pluribus plures | July 29, 2010 |
Official makes the move from Washington to Brussels. Angelos Pangratis, the deputy head of the EU's delegation in Washington, DC, is coming back to base – at least for the... |
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| 8. Extended mandates for special representatives | July 22, 2010 |
Member states struggle to agree on the future of the EU's special representatives. The European Union's 11 special representatives (EUSRs) to crisis spots around the world... |
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| 9. EU member states cling to crisis-management powers | July 22, 2010 |
Member states are refusing to give up control over crisis-management plans. The European Union's member states are refusing to give the president of the European Council,... |
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| 10. Ashton to make appointments to EU delegations | July 22, 2010 |
Foreign policy chief begins recruitment to the EEAS's senior management. Ministers from the EU member states will formally approve the creation of the European External... |
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| 11. Ashton urged to speak up on human rights | July 22, 2010 |
MEP says Ashton's use of “quiet diplomacy” is insufficient for the EU to be treated seriously. The chairwoman of the European Parliament's sub-committee on human rights... |
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| 12. Facing up to a world of problems | July 15, 2010 |
EU development policy is in the midst of structural changes as it has to deal with a host of complex global challenges. The European Union's international development policy... |
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| 13. The difficulties of dividing up development responsibilities | July 15, 2010 |
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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| 14. Greater role for delegations | July 15, 2010 |
Lisbon treaty transformed the European Commission's delegations abroad. It is work on the ground that determines much of the effectiveness of the aid provided by the EU and... |
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| 15. Business speak | July 15, 2010 |
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Catherine Ashton looks to the world of business for inspiration. Speaking to the European Parliament last week, Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, resorted to... | |
| 16. EPP withdraws opposition to EEAS fast-track | July 8, 2010 |
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Centre-right group had wanted to delay vote until September. MEPs from the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) agreed on Wednesday (7 July) to withdraw its opposition... | |
| 17. MEPs have to do better than bluster | July 8, 2010 |
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Delaying the EEAS did not do MEPs any favours. Today, on the last day of the last legislative session before the summer-break, the European Parliament in Strasbourg is... | |
| 18. Questions that remain about the EEAS | July 1, 2010 |
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The EEAS deal provides some important safeguards, but issues such as control of the budget development remain. With the political agreement on the European External Action... | |
| 19. Midwife at EEAS's birth | July 1, 2010 |
Belgium will adopt a low-key approach to foreign policy. The first major foreign policy event planned for the Belgian presidency will take place only after the summer break,... |
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| 20. After difficult start, Spain salvages pride | July 1, 2010 |
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Spain's presidency of the Council of Ministers got off to a shaky start but got better. Spain's presidency of the Council of Ministers was not good, but not as bad as it... | |