Hoping for an unexpectedly strong EU foreign policy chief / Renzi’s victory: Mogherini becomes High Representative

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Series Details 29.08.14
Publication Date 27/08/2014
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Commentary feature discussing the issues behind the choice of EU leaders of whom should become the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for period 2014 - 2019.

Related url hyperlinks provide further background on the issue and the decision taken at the special meeting of the European Council held on the 30 August 2014.

On 30 August 2014 the European Council appointed Federica Mogherini, the Italian Foreign Minister, as the EU’s next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/hoping-unexpectedly-strong-eu-foreign-policy-chief-308028
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http://www.eeas.europa.eu/index_en.htm http://www.eeas.europa.eu/index_en.htm
ESO: Background information: Socialists back Mogherini for EU foreign affairs chief http://www.europeansources.info/record/socialists-back-mogherini-for-eu-foreign-affairs-chief-eu-power-struggle-over-foreign-policy-chief-role-ends-in-deadlock/
ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 30 August 2014 [Special Meeting] http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-30-august-2014-special-meeting-italys-mogherini-and-polands-tusk-get-top-eu-jobs/
EurActiv, 30.08.14: Profile: Federica Mogherini, the next EU foreign affairs chief http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/profile-federica-mogherini-next-eu-foreign-affairs-chief-308102
EUObserver, 01.09.14: Who is Federica Mogherini? http://euobserver.com/institutional/125418
Blog: EuroppBlog, 04.09.14: Federica Mogherini’s appointment as High Representative for Foreign Affairs will make little difference to the EU’s foreign policy capacity http://bit.ly/YcEBHJ
ESO: Background information: Mogherini backs Western Balkan enlargement http://www.europeansources.info/record/mogherini-backs-western-balkan-enlargement/
Blog: Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 02.09.14: The Real Meaning of Mogherini http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=56507
Blog: ECFR, 01.09.14: Renzi’s victory: Mogherini becomes High Representative http://www.ecfr.eu/blog/entry/renzis_victory_mogherini_becomes_high_representative
Corriere della Sera, 02.10.15: Friction Between Renzi and Mogherini http://www.corriere.it/english/15_ottobre_02/friction-between-renzi-and-mogherini-9b280fb8-690b-11e5-a7ad-17c7443382c3.shtml

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