EU fight over foreign policy control begins

Article reports that skirmishes have broken out in the spring of 2010 in what promises to be a ferocious institutional battle over who will control the European Union’s common foreign policy, as member states fight off attempts from the European Commission to dominate the bloc’s budding diplomatic service, the European External Action Service (EEAS).

EurActiv, 5.3.10: 'Difficult birth' awaits EU diplomatic service http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/difficult-birth-awaits-eu-diplom-news-305778

ESO: Background information: European External Action Service (EEAS) http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-decision-of-26-july-2010-establishing-the-organization-and-functioning-of-the-european-external-action-service-2010-427-eu/

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