Paris and London torpedo EU foreign policy

The initiative taken by France and the United Kingdom — two countries which occupy key posts in the European External Action Service — has fragmented the emerging structure of European diplomacy to the point where some commentators have remarked that the EU’s foreign policy should be directly entrusted to Paris and London.

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El País, 1.4.11: Saving Private Ashton (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/578381-paris-and-london-torpedo-eu-foreign-policy

CER Bulletin, No.77, April-May 2011: Europe needs a miliary avant-garde http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/bulletin-article/2011/europe-needs-military-avant-garde

ESO: Background information: UK and France to spearhead campaign http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-and-france-to-spearhead-campaign/

EU: EEAS: EU Relations with Libya http://eeas.europa.eu/libya/index_en.htm

PressEurop, 8.4.11: End of the line http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/590491-end-line

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