Press Release: High Representative Catherine Ashton completes the EAS top management team

Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, has announced the appointment of two Deputy Secretary Generals for the External Action Service (EAS) - completing her top management team. She has appointed Helga Schmid as the Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs and Maciej Popowski as the Deputy Secretary General for Inter-institutional Affairs.