EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is preparing for a showdown with foreign ministers on Monday (23 May) about nagging problems in her European External Action Service (EEAS).
The service's future budget and the work of overseas EU delegations are among sensitive issues to feature in the lunchtime debate. The stock-taking exercise - 18 months into Ashton's mandate - comes after a lacerating attack on the high representative by one EU foreign minister two weeks ago.
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