Members of the European Parliament are busy fine-tuning their tactics to make sure they get the crucial points on their lengthy wish-list incorporated into the EU's new diplomatic service.
With EU governments having given political agreement to the blueprint for the service last week, the focus is now on the parliament, which has co-decision powers on key aspects of the new institution.
German centre-right MEP Elmar Brok, whose report on the External Action Service (EAS) is to ado...
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