MEPs on the foreign affairs committee are keen to defuse a dispute with Catherine Ashton over diplomatic appointments but are unwilling to back down on the issue of public hearings for nominees.
The head of the committee, Italian centre-right deputy Gabriele Albertini, adopted a conciliatory tone in written remarks sent to this website on Wednesday (6 October) after Ms Ashton earlier this week cancelled a scheduled hearing before the parliamentary body by her new envoy to Japan.
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.