Negotiators on the diplomatic service are in a last-minute rush to get the outline of the new corps agreed by early next week so it can be signed off by EU leaders at their summit on 17-18 June.
Talks on Tuesday (8 June) involving EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and MEPs on the last details of the service ended with one main issue on the table, according to EU sources.
It concerns where to position the new service in the EU institutional set-up. Member states and Ms Ashto...
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