Go to the Content Friday, 10 February 2012
Your search for "European External Action Service and Federalism" produced 31 items.
| 1. Preparing the EU for the next disaster | January 19, 2012 |
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The EU has laid the ground for a better crisis-response system. It now needs political follow-through. How many systems does the EU have in place that would be activated in a... | |
| 2. EEAS needs support and co-ordination | January 12, 2012 |
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The difficulties faced by the EU's diplomatic service in its first year are symptoms of bigger problems. You wrote that Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is... | |
| 3. No money, no status | January 5, 2012 |
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Hard times for the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments. Pity the European Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, which has money, but no status. It is... | |
| 4. Ashton on defensive over EU's diplomatic service | January 5, 2012 |
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EU's foreign policy chief responds to criticism from foreign ministers of 12 member states. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has been forced to... | |
| 5. A year on, and still failing | January 5, 2012 |
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The European External Action Service has had a difficult first 12 months, and hopes have faded that Catherine Ashton will settle into her role as EU foreign policy chief. The... | |
| 6. One year on, the EEAS now needs a global vision | November 24, 2011 |
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Some of the outlines of the strategy that the EU's diplomatic service needs. The first 12 months of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which formally came into... | |
| 7. EU agrees on representation at UN | October 22, 2011 |
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Agreement sets general rules on how the EU presents statements in international bodies. The 27 member states of the European Union have agreed general rules on how to present... | |
| 8. Split emerges over remit of the EU's diplomatic service | May 26, 2011 |
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UK warns against ‘competence creep', while smaller countries want to expand delegations' role. Conflicting visions for the European External Action Service (EEAS) lie... |
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| 9. Logo a go-go | March 3, 2011 |
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How many logos does the EU need? Innocents may have thought that the EU's objective in making the foreign policy chief a member of the European Commission, and transferring... |
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| 10. 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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| 11. Pity the poor infantry | January 6, 2011 |
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The launch of the European External Action Service has been delayed, shoddy and inconsistent. For the European Union, the New Year has begun with foreign policy issues... |
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| 12. New Year brings change to European Union | December 31, 2010 |
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EU responsibilities change with advent of 2011. 1600 EU officials transferred into EU diplomatic service on 1 January. The first day of 2011 will change the lines of... | |
| 13. Ashton publishes names of EEAS managers | December 22, 2010 |
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Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has published an organisation chart for the diplomatic service that is to be launched on 1 January. | |
| 14. Ashton: EU's influence depends on unity | December 17, 2010 |
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Foreign policy chief urges EU to adopt a more focused approach in relations with the US, Russia and China. EU leaders were today told that the Union must craft a more... |
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| 15. Presidency announces emergency meeting | November 18, 2010 |
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Special meeting of finance and budget ministers to be held in December. Emergency talks have been called in a bid to salvage negotiations on the European Union's budget for... | |
| 16. The EU's diplomatic debacle at the UN: and now what? | September 23, 2010 |
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Failure to secure enhanced speaking rights at the UN underlines the EU's need to do its diplomatic homework better. The EU hoped to get the new diplomatic season off to a... |
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| 17. EU leaders to discuss relations with strategic partners | September 15, 2010 |
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Hopes Italy will agree South Korea free-trade deal EU leaders and foreign ministers meet in Brussels tomorrow to discuss how to strengthen relations with its strategic... |
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| 18. Ashton to announce first appointments | September 2, 2010 |
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>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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| 19. EU member states cling to crisis-management powers | July 22, 2010 |
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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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| 20. 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... | |
