Four-way talks on finalising the diplomatic service broke off on Monday evening (10 May) with no real progress between the two main protagonists - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the European Parliament.
The two-and-a-half-hour-long debate involving Ms Ashton, two MEPs, Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos and institutional affairs commissioner Maros Sefcovic came no closer to finding a compromise on issues identified by the parliament as being essential for its approv...
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