The European Commission is seeking closer co-operation with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and signaling a renewed interest in the idea of an EU diplomatic service, according to a new paper on the union's role in the world.
A draft of the paper, due to be presented by commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on Thursday (8 June), is unusually critical in listing a series of defects in current EU foreign policy practice. ...
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