During a quadrilateral meeting in Madrid on 21 June, Catherine Ashton (High Representative/Vice President of the Commission), Miguel Ángel Moratinos (Spanish EU Presidency), Maros Sefcovic (Commission) and the three rapporteurs of the European Parliament (Elmar Brok, Guy Verhofstadt and Roberto Gualtieri) reached a “political agreement” on a proposal for a decision on the creation and operation of the future European diplomatic service (EUROPE 10165 and 10164). The agreement has still...