EU to create new diplomatic service

Article reports on the possible establishment in 2009 of the European External Action Service (EEAS), uniting officials from the external relations DGs of the European Commission and the Council of the European Union (representing national foreign ministries). Article focuses on the comments of Alex Stubb, Finland's Foreign Minister (and ex-MEP) on what might be achived from the EEAS.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Action_Service_of_the_European_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Action_Service_of_the_European_Union

Council of the European Union/European Commission: Progress Report: European External Action Service, 2005 http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/05/st09/st09956.en05.pdf

European Parliament: Resolution: European External Action Service (P6_TA(2005)0205) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:117E:0232:0233:EN:PDF

Robert Schuman Foundation: Understanding the Lisbon Treaty: Sheet 10: The Lisbon Treaty and the Union's external action http://www.robert-schuman.org/doc/divers/lisbonne/en/fiche10.pdf

ESO: Background information: Foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/foreign-policy-aspects-of-the-lisbon-treaty-vol-1-report-together-with-formal-minutes-oral-and-written-evidence-vol-2-oral-and-written-evidence/

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