Sweden continues attack on US appointment

Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said the EU commission's sneaky way of handling a recent US appointment will not be repeated, following a high-level debate in Brussels.

EU foreign ministers and foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, on Monday (21 February) discussed Mr Bildt's complaint that member states were not consulted before the commission last week said one of its staff is to become its top envoy in Washington.

"We had an agreement in 2004 when we appointed [forme...