Brussels, 28/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - In a letter addressed to Catherine Ashton in mid January, the German Green member, Franziska Brantner, and three other members of the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament, belonging to the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups, asked HR/VP Ashton to delay her decision to create the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) by merging the current directorates for defence planning and civilian crisis management. The four MEPs underline that such a...