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Germany welcomes new EU pair as 'competent personalities'
Moscow - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle welcomed the appointment of the EU's two new top officials on Friday, saying new EU President Herman Van Rompuy and foreign policy High Representative Catherine Ashton were two competent personaliti...
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Catherine Ashton chosen as EU foreign policy chief
Brussels - European Union leaders agreed to appoint Catherine Ashton, the bloc's trade commissioner, as its first-ever foreign policy director on Thursday, officials in Brussels said. The post was created by the Lisbon Treaty, which comes into force ...
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Herman Van Rompuy chosen as EU president
Brussels - European Union leaders agreed to appoint Herman Van Rompuy, prime minister of Belgium, as the bloc's first-ever full-time president on Thursday, diplomatic sources said. The post was created by the Lisbon Treaty, which comes into force on ...
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PROFILE: Baroness Catherine Ashton: the EU's British face
London- Catherine Margaret Ashton, the 53-year-old British Labour politician sent to Brussels as trade commissioner a year ago, has long been a close ally of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The quietly effective politician had held a number of middle- r...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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