So, having taken apart the behaviour of European Commissioners on Twitter earlier this week, the critique has poured in – most of it to me personally in private, and some of it on Twitter. In this blog entry I am
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Tag: Carl Bildt
The vexed issue of politicians on Twitter – is it really them?
I’ve never met European Commission for Trade Cecilia Malmström in person. But from tweets exchanged over the years with @MalmstromEU I have some picture of what Malmström must be like as a person. From serious discussions about the implementation of
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Crimea Crisis Response Generator – can you make Vladimir listen?
So the Ukraine crisis has taken a turn for the worst over the last couple of days. What – if anything – can the EU do to make Putin listen? See if you can do better than Ashton, Sikorski and
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Candidates for High Rep for EU Foreign Policy
The High Rep is appointed by the European Council, acting by qualified majority. However as the person is also a Vice President of the European Commission, their nomination has to also be approved in the same way as the rest
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Ashton: you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
Foreign Ministers of EU countries are meeting today in Brussels, while at the same time protests against Hosni Mubarak in Egypt enter their 7th day. On his way to the Brussels meeting Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweeted this: [blackbirdpie
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Patten and Blair: two more strong non-starters
Following on from my post about Bildt and Fischer, today is the time to look at two other strong candidates for top jobs in the EU, this time both of them Brits – Chris Patten and Tony Blair. I’m prompted
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There are 2 excellent candidates for EU Foreign Minister, but there’s not a hope either will be appointed
If the second referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon this autumn goes yes then the EU is going to have a new foreign policy chief from 2010. The Treaty of Lisbon creates the position of High Representative of
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