BBC November 20, 2009 Far from the EU choosing world-bestriding figures to carry its ambitions into the halls of power from Washington to Moscow to Beijing, it selected two almost unknowns to fill the new posts created by the Lisbon Treaty. more
EuropeanVoice.com November 19, 2009 The European Union should urgently reconsider its policies towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, a former EU envoy to the country, has said, warning that the country is on a “move towards dissolution”. more
The New York Times November 19, 2009 BRUSSELS — Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union on Thursday night chose Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister, as the European Union’s first president, and Catherine Ashton of Britain, currently the bloc’s trade commissioner, as its high representative for foreign policy. The vote was […]
EuropeanVoice.com November 19, 2009 The newly appointed foreign policy chief has a record of achievement during her brief spell in charge of EU trade policy. more
TimesOnline November 18, 2009 In the 1959 Peter Sellers film The Mouse that Roared the tiny “Duchy of Grand Fenwick” decides its best diplomatic strategy is to declare war on the United States — and lose. The idea is that the US will then shower the defeated Fenwickians with its largesse. more