The proposed EU diplomatic service will not come into force so long as there is no European constitution, it has been confirmed.
In reply to a written question from a British MEP, the council said "the establishment of the External Action Service is one of the provisions of the Constitutional treaty; as such, it shall take effect only when the Treaty itself comes into force".
The EU constitution was rejected by two founding member states – France and the Netherlands - before the s...
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