Ashton on defensive over EU's diplomatic service
EU's foreign policy chief responds to criticism from foreign ministers of 12 member states.
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has been forced to defend the performance of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in the face of criticism of her leadership from the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and seven other member states. Her response comes in a report on the first year of operations of the EU's diplomatic service which she submitted to the presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament at the end of December.
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