Inside Kallas’ Fightback Against Plans to Tear up the EU’s Diplomatic Service
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The struggle for power in EU foreign policy has flared up. While Berlin and Paris insist on reforms, Kallas defends today's structure.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, opposes the French-German initiative to reform the EU's diplomatic service, fearing increased control by the European Commission. This is according to Politico...
Inside Kallas’ fightback against plans to tear up the EU’s diplomatic service
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, is leading a fierce behind-the-scenes push against Franco-German plans to overhaul her diplomatic service — courting capitals and using a new secretary-general to develop alternative reform plans. Kallas’ campaign involves convincing EU governments that the bloc’s foreign-policy problems stem from unanimous decision-making rules and poor implementation of its treaties — not from the current institutional set…
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has downplayed the importance of plans for a deep reform of the EU's diplomatic service, saying that more efficient implementation of existing rules would make EU foreign policy more effective. France and Germany have presented plans for a comp...
The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kalas, is in a behind-the-scenes battle to thwart Franco-German plans to restructure the European External Action Agency (EEAS) and maintain its independence from the European Commission. The dispute is over control of EU foreign policy, with Kalas arguing that the problems stem from the rules of unanimity and the implementation of treaties, not the institutional structure.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, with the support of member states, is trying to block French and German plans to restructure the European External Action Service (EEAS) and is developing alternative reform proposals together with new Secretary-General Kajsa Ollongren, writes Politico.
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