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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...

Good news for Bernardino León Gross. Bad news for Miguel Ángel Moratinos. Bernardino León Gross, who runs the office of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,...

Move to increase transparancy of commodiites market. The European Commission has offered to publish its short-term forecasts for EU agricultural markets so as to improve the...

Mugabe bends the rules to travel to the Vatican. Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, made another trip to Europe last week, despite the ban on providing him with a...

The next head of the Food and Agriculture Organization has to make major changes. The European Union's farm ministers will today, in the course of their council meeting in...

Former European commissioner wants a new job. Franz Fischler, a former European commissioner for agriculture, has thrown his hat into the ring for the post of head of the...

Moratinos's new mission comes unstuck. Miguel Ángel Moratinos was deposed as Spain's foreign minister by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in a government...

Excited official celebrates in style. The Spanish presidency of the Council of Ministers ended on 30 June, and yet on 13 July a Spanish flag could be seen flying from the...

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...

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...

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,...

Meeting in Madrid resolves main outstanding questions over diplomatic service. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has reached agreement with the...

After 30 years dealing with the EU, Carlos Bastarreche Sagüés remains a passionate European. When Carlos Bastarreche Sagüés came to Brussels in 1979,...

But MEPs threaten not to approve of the new diplomatic corps unless their demands are met. Senior representatives of the EU's member states and of Catherine Ashton, the...

A gradual overhaul of Bosnia's institutions would be more effective than sporadic diplomacy to change Bosnia's constitution. The widespread perception in the EU is that,...

The EU and US seek to break Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitutional deadlock. The EU and the United States are to hold two days of talks with political leaders in Bosnia and...

On the margins of the European Council, government leaders agitated for an end to a dispute between Switzerland and Libya, which was causing problems for citizens from the...

Spain's prime minister says diplomatic dispute could be resolved in the coming "hours or days". A diplomatic dispute between Switzerland and Libya that has prevented...

Group of foreign ministers float the idea that they should become occasional envoys for the EU's new foreign policy chief. A small group of EU foreign ministers who met...

Small group of EU foreign ministers indicate they may tighten sanctions on Iran if the UN fails to take action. There is a “growing consensus” that the EU will have to...