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The European External Action Service HQ in Brussels, across from the Berlaymont. (Photo: Atelier de Genval)

A credible and accountable EU foreign service? Not yet

In late February, Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice-president of the European Commission, announced three senior appointments in the European External Action Service (EEAS).

They were: Spaniard Enrique Mora Benavente as deputy secretary general for political affairs, political director; Italian Stefano Sannino as deputy secretary general for economic and global issues; Frenchman Charles Fries as deputy secretary general for common sec...

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

Author Bio

Corinna Horst is a steering committee member of Women in International Security in Brussels and a senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the US.

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