Appointment of EU ambassador to the US under fire

Posted by Stanley Crossick on 22/02/10

Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, wrote on 19 February to foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton complaining about the manner in which way Joao Vale de Almeida was recently appointed ambassador in Washington (see post dated 19 February).  Bildt asks how the appointment was made, pending adoption of new rules governing the procedure, but with [...]

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