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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10024
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council

Varying reactions to appointments - Ashton intends to put on “second hat” from 1 December 2009

Brussels, 20/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy as the full-time president of the European Council and Catherine Ashton as the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy (see EUROPE Special Edition of 19 November, attached) has brought many reactions. The main international partners (led by the USA and China) have welcomed the appointments and expressed the hope that the innovations brought about by the Lisbon Treaty and the new EU faces will...

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