Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. EU plans to increase its presence in Syria | February 8, 2012 |
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Humanitarian experts could be sent within days, while several EU states have recalled ambassadors. The EU is poised to strengthen its delegation in Syria, despite the growing... |
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| 2. It never rains, it floods | February 8, 2012 |
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One big happy family at the EEAS? Whisper this very, very softly, but the members of the EU's diplomatic corps might one day soon – 15 months after its formation – find... |
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| 3. Who are you? | January 26, 2012 |
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Hands up who's looking forward to their performance review? European Commission officials in the EU's delegations abroad are for the first time since the launch of the... | |
| 4. 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... | |
| 5. So near, so far | January 12, 2012 |
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A staff committee for the EEAS. One year after the European External Action Service was launched, its employees have now formed a staff committee to represent their interests... |
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| 6. EU needs a southern Mediterranean strategy | January 12, 2012 |
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There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking. In the past year, democratic uprisings in the southern... | |
| 7. EEAS lacks clarity on development | January 12, 2012 |
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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... |
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| 8. 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... | |
| 9. The problem-solver | January 5, 2012 |
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The EU's Special Representative to the southern Mediterranean has won praise throughout his career. Within his inner circle, Bernardino León is likened to Mr Wolf, an... |
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| 10. 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... | |
| 11. 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... | |
| 12. Movers & Shakers | December 8, 2011 |
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The European External Action Service (EEAS) has appointed five new heads of delegation. Marchel Gerrmann will become head of the EU's delegation in Eritrea. Norbert Jousten... | |
| 13. Ashton names heads of five EU delegations | December 2, 2011 |
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Posts filled in Africa and central Asia. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has today appointed five heads of EU delegations. |
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| 14. Diplomatic dance | December 1, 2011 |
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Changing places at the EEAS. A soft reshuffle is under way in the European External Action Service (EEAS) as it approaches the first anniversary of its launch (1 December... |
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| 15. 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... | |
| 16. Serbia told to resume Kosovo talks or lose ground in EU bid | November 18, 2011 |
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Border crossings have been blocked for months; candidate status to be discussed in December. Serbia must dismantle roadblocks in Kosovo and return to negotiations with the... |
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| 17. Our man in Libya | November 17, 2011 |
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Commission opens delegation in Tripoli. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, was in Tripoli on Saturday (12 November) to open the EU's new delegation there. Plans... | |
| 18. Two years on, the promise is unrealised | November 17, 2011 |
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What have Van Rompuy and Ashton achieved since taking office? This weekend will see the second anniversary of the European Council's decision on 19 November 2009 to appoint... | |
| 19. A high-stakes game in the Balkans | November 3, 2011 |
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While the EU wants to change how it deals with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the fragile peace in the country is rapidly deteriorating. For close to 16 years, Bosnia and... |
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| 20. Movers & Shakers | November 3, 2011 |
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Koen Vervaeke has been appointed senior co-ordinator for the Great Lakes region in Africa by the European External Action Service (EEAS). Vervaeke had been the head of the... | |
